Parker Solar Probe makes history with closest-ever approach to the sun
NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever come to a star
NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest approach to the sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 million kilometers of the surface of the sun, beating its own 2023 record of 7.26 million kilometers.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe To Set New Record With Closest Flyby Of The Sun This Christmas
NASA's Parker Solar Probe will make history on December 24, 2024, by approaching the Sun within 6.1 million kilometres, unlocking mysteries of solar heat, magnetic fields, and space weather.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe completes historic Christmas Eve flyby of the sun — but it could take days to know if it survived
NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that scientists liken to the historic Apollo moon landing in 1969.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun’s scorching surface
NASA has confirmed that a spacecraft has made the closest approach to the sun. Earlier this week, the Parker Solar Probe passed within a mere 3.8 million miles of the sun.
NASA probe beams home update after record-breaking flyby of sun
NASA said scientists began receiving more detailed telemetry — or "housekeeping data" — from the spacecraft on New Year's Day.
NASA’s Parker probe rings back home after historic sun flyby at 430,000 mph
NASA’s daring Parker Solar Probe plunged deeper into the sun's atmosphere than any human-made object before. While performing this nail-biting closest approach to the sun's surface, a tense silence fell over mission control as contact was briefly lost.
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Solar Probe touched the Sun, now scientists wait for a signal and "proof of life"
The Parker Solar Probe, traveling at 430,000 mph, reaches 3.8 million miles from the Sun. Scientists now wait for a signal ...
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Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe to make history with unprecedented flyby of the Sun’s corona on Christmas eve December 24
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is set to make history on December 24, 2024, by being the closest object ever to fly by the Sun.
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Parker Solar Probe to make closest-ever approach to sun on Christmas Eve, NASA says
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated record-setting approach to the surface of the sun. Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is ...
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This red giant star has starspots larger than the entire sun
Sunspots, which are temporarily darkened areas on the surface of the sun, are the result of intense magnetic fields generated through the movement of materials within the sun. In other words ...
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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 ...
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Humanity crosses the Sun's atmosphere at record speed 🚀
NASA's mission to "touch" the Sun has reached a historic milestone. On December 24, 2024, the Parker Solar Probe survived its ...