To get so close, the Parker Solar Probe had to withstand the sun's extreme heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, traveling at 430,000 mph, reaches 3.8 million miles from the Sun. It collects data on the solar ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is out of contact with mission control after its closest-ever pass of the sun on Tuesday, Dec. 24.

NASA had to lose contact with the Parker Solar Probe during the flyby, and contact will be re-established on7.

Launched in 2018 to better understand our star, the Parker Solar Probe topped previous close approaches Christmas Eve morning.

The concept of touching the Sun can be traced back to the ancient Greek myth of Icarus, but scientists at NASA have turned ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe was expected to make history today by flying into the sun’s outer atmosphere called the corona on a ...

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 was poised to make history on Tuesday with a record-breaking flight around the Sun -- although the ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has been breaking records since the day it launched as the fastest space mission in history. Now, ...

The Parker Solar Probe passed within just 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface — seven times closer to the burning ball of ...

The spaceship is on a seven-year mission to deepen scientific understanding of the Sun and help forecast space-weather events ...