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

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made a historic attempt to circle the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, which, if ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that ...

Our sun is far from the flawless orb of light we see in the sky. Spacecraft observations have long shown that, up close, the "surface" of our star rumbles with powerful eddies and ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface at 430,000 miles per hour, beating its own record.

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a ...

While Santa begins approaching homes all over the world Christmas Eve; NASA will be making history as its solar probe gets to ...

Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is expected to come within 3.8 million miles of the sun.

NASA's parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun yet, passing through the blisteringly hot outer atmosphere of ...

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 ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will swoop toward the fiery surface of the sun on Christmas Eve, traveling closer to the massive star than any human-made object has before. Parker is on course to zoom ...