Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, residing just 36 million miles from our Solar System’s center. However, not too far above its surface, the European Space Agency’s BepiColombo probe has taken ...

The NASA mission broke its own record as it seeks to teach us more about our Sun, as well as reveal other secrets of the ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe could solve the mysteries of the solar wind and test Einstein’s theory of relativity.

Earth is now closer to the sun than at any other time of the year. Here's why our planet's axial tilt, not proximity to the ...

The spacecraft first flew over the planet's cold and dark night side before transitioning to the sunlit northern regions.

"BepiColombo's main mission phase may only start two years from now, but all six of its flybys of Mercury have given us invaluable new information about the little-explored planet." ...

Traveling from one star to another is currently impossible to achieve within a human lifetime. But some projects are ...

A Nasa spacecraft is attempting to make history with the closest-ever approach to the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe is plunging into our star's outer atmosphere, enduring brutal temperatures and ...

The Parker Solar Probe, partly designed by students and researchers in Colorado, survived its closest encounter with our sun late last week, passing a mere 3.8 million miles from its surface.

Picture: John Hopkins APL/Nasa/PA A Nasa spacecraft which made the closest-ever approach to the sun is safe and “operating normally”, the space agency said. On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar ...

Behold, the giants! The Hubble Space Telescope has completed a decade of observing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.