The Parker Solar Probe will swoop just 6.1 million kilometers above the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. Scientists are ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is set to deliver a valuable Christmas present to solar scientists: a treasure trove of data ...

According to reports, Parker is expected to transmit a beacon signal to share information about its health and operational ...

During this close approach, the Parker Solar Probe will cut through plumes of solar plasma, collecting vital data to help ...

Thomas Zurbuchen was the head of science at NASA from 2016 to 2022.

"In 1969, we landed humans on the moon on Christmas Eve; in 2024, we are going to embrace a star," Nour Raouafi, project ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is scheduled for its closest-ever solar flyby on December 24, 2024, passing within 3.8 million ...

The Christmas Eve flyby is the first of three at the same distance from the Sun, taking full advantage of the spacecraft’s ...

The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Since then, it has flown straight through the sun's corona: the outer atmosphere visible during a total solar eclipse.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is about to make history, once again. On Christmas Eve, the spacecraft is going to get closer to ...

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 through ...

A NASA spacecraft is about to give astronomers an epic early Christmas present with the closest ever flyby of the sun on Dec.