Phys.org25d
NASA probe makes closest ever pass by the sun
So effective is the heat shield that the probe's internal instruments remain near room temperature—around 85F (29C)—as it explores the sun's outer atmosphere, called the corona. Parker will ...
Al Jazeera English22d
NASA Parker Solar Probe makes history with closest-ever approach to the Sun
Parker Solar Probe is operating normally after passing just 6.1 million kilometres above the Sun’s surface, NASA says. A 2018 artist's concept shows the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft flying into ...
CBS News21d
NASA's Parker Solar Probe safe after historic closest-ever approach to sun
On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface. Just before midnight Thursday ...
CNN26d
History-making probe achieves closest-ever approach to the sun
The Parker Solar Probe zoomed by the sun on Tuesday during ... Meanwhile, the spacecraft’s interior is at a comfortable room temperature so the electronics systems and science instruments ...
The New York Times22d
After Days of Silence, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Phones Home
The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar encounter ever attempted by a spacecraft. By Katrina Miller On Dec. 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe swooped ...
The Verge21d
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has survived the closest-ever Sun flyby
NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted a signal back to Earth on the night of December 26th, “indicating ...
Sky25d
NASA's Parker Probe: Fastest object ever built to make closest approach to sun today
The fastest object ever built by humans will fly within a whisker of the sun today. The Parker Solar Probe will race past at 435,000mph as it studies the sun's surface and atmosphere. That's so ...
Digital Trends24d
When will we know if NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived ‘touching’ the sun?
On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe attempted to “touch” the sun and emerge unscathed. The closest approach ever made by a human-made object to our nearest star saw the spacecraft come ...
The New York Times25d
The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun
The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument of a coronal streamer of the sun ...
Phys.org27d
NASA's Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to the sun like never before
A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Since then, it has flown straight ...
The Hill25d
US targets China with probe into semiconductor industry
The White House on Monday launched a new probe into China’s semiconductor industry as the Biden administration continues to take more aggressive action against Chinese technology out of national ...