The New York Times

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, about 16.9 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A NASA Spacecraft Will ‘Touch’ the Sun on Christmas Eve, Flying Closer to the Star Than Any Probe Before

The holiday season is a busy time for humankind’s sun-surfing spacecraft. This Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe will be going where no probe has gone before: a mere 3.8 million miles from the sun ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe may have found the missing piece behind the sun’s hottest mystery

One of the biggest unanswered questions in solar physics may have gained an unexpected new lead. Researchers analyzing ...
Forbes

Spacecraft Survives Getting 95% Of The Way To The Sun, Says NASA

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe spacecraft has survived its latest ...
Phys.org

The sun's corona is weirdly hot, and Parker Solar Probe rules out one explanation

The sun's crown-like atmosphere can be 200 times hotter than the sun's surface, despite being farther away from the ultimate source of heat at the sun's core. How the corona's heat seemingly defies ...
Yahoo

What time is the NASA Parker Solar Probe's closest sun flyby ever on Christmas Eve?

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Digital Journal

Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats

This photo provided by NASA on July 15, 2025, was taken by Parker Solar Probe's WISPR instrument during its record-breaking flyby of the Sun, showing the solar wind ...
Hosted on MSN

This NASA probe flew closer to the sun than ever before, here’s what it discovered!

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed a historic milestone by traveling closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before it. The groundbreaking data it has collected is offering new insights into the ...
Yahoo

Parker Solar Probe to make closest-ever approach to sun on Christmas Eve, NASA says

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated record-setting approach to the surface of the sun. Hurtling around ...
Digital Trends

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 within ...
Wired

A Spacecraft Is About to Fly Into the Sun’s Atmosphere for the First Time

Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore. Sure, the spacecraft got some attention when it launched. It is, after all, the fastest-moving object that humans have ever built. At ...