Parker solar probe

Record Breaking: Parker Solar Probe makes history with closest approach to the Sun
No human-made object has ever passed this close to a star.

No, you probably wouldn’t see bolts of lightning flashing from Venus’ clouds
Venus may be a (slightly) gentler place than some scientists give it credit for.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe soared through one of the most powerful coronal mass ejections
Witnessing the massive solar eruption with Parker Solar Probe.

Parker Solar Probe flies into the fast solar wind and finds its source
It’s like seeing jets of water emanating from a showerhead through the blast of water.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 15th close approach to the Sun
Dozens of observatories collected data during this encounter.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe uncovered clues about the origins of the solar wind
This finding is helping scientists better understand the 60-year-old mystery.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is heading into a much different solar environment
Parker solar probe’s upcoming close encounter with a highly active sun.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken its first visible-light images of Venus surface
The images, combined into a video, reveal a faint glow from the surface.

Parker Solar Probe completes Unprecedented swing by sun
NASA's Parker Solar probe has completed swing by the Sun with an impressive and space record speed that will take under an hour to...

First definitive measurements of the sun’s electric field
Physicists describe the sun's electric field.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning views of Venus
A striking image of the planet’s nightside from 7,693 miles away.

A look at the sun’s dusty environment
A search that could help to reveal how planets like Earth come into being.

Parker Solar Probe is gonna make a record-breaking approach to the sun today
This flyby will also be the first time that the probe will pass within 0.1 AU of the sun.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe began its longest observation campaign to date
On May 9, 2020, Parker Solar Probe started its longest science observation campaign. The probe activated its at a distance of 62.5 million miles...

ESA’s Solar Orbiter launched successfully
Solar Orbiter will address big questions in Solar System science to help us understand how our star creates and controls the giant bubble of...

Parker Solar Probe completes fourth closest approach of the Sun
The probe’s heat shield reached new record temperatures as well.

Shedding new light on the Sun
This first data from Parker reveals our star, the Sun, in new and surprising ways.

First science data from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is out
Parker Solar Probe (PSP) data is available in the archive and selected data sets are in CDAWeb.

Parker Solar Probe helps solve sun’s super-heating mystery
For more than a half-century, since the problem of coronal heating was discovered in the 1940s, astronomers have tried to establish why the Sun's...

Parker Solar Probe completes second close approach to the Sun
Launched on August 12, 2018, the probe has reached its perihelion, the second point on its orbit furthest from the Sun and is now...

Parker Solar Probe Nails First Orbit Of The Sun, Preps For Second Pass
NASA'S Parker Solar Probe has made its first orbit of our star, Sun and getting ready for the second. Launched on August 12, 2018, the...

Parker Solar Probe snaps its first image from inside Sun’s atmosphere
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is on the mission to enlight the physics of our star, the Sun. From Oct. 31 to Nov. 11, 2018, Parker Solar...

Parker Solar Probe reports good status after close solar approach
Parker Solar Probe recently made a history by being the closest ever approach to the Sun by a human-made object. Parker Solar Probe is alive...

Parker Solar Probe breaks record, becomes closest spacecraft to Sun
On 29 October 2018, at 1:04 pm EDT (17:04 UTC), Parker Solar Probe just made a history by making the closest ever approach to...

Parker solar probe changed the game before it even launched
On Oct. 3, 2018, Parker Solar Probe performed the first significant celestial maneuver of its seven-year mission. As the orbits of the shuttle and Venus...

NASA successfully launches the mission to touch the Sun
Parker Solar Probe is a planned NASA's robotic spacecraft to probe the outer corona of the Sun. It will approach to within 8.86 solar...

Traveling to the Sun: Why won’t Parker solar probe melt?
This summer, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will launch to travel closer to the Sun, deeper into the solar atmosphere. The main objective of the mission is...

NASA invites media to view launch of mission to “Touch the Sun”
In order to revolutionize our understanding of the sun, NASA made an announcement about their mission to 'Touch the Sun'. For, that, they designed a spacecraft...