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The Parker Solar Probe has flown closer to the sun than any craft in history

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has done something no spacecraft had managed before: fly directly into the outer atmosphere of a ...

NASA solar probe survives dramatic plunge into the sun

NASA's spacecraft has reported back after making a plunge into the sun. The Parker Solar Probe has transmitted a beacon tone, indicating it's operational and in good health, NASA confirmed just after ...
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Parker Solar Probe spies solar wind 'U-turn'

Images captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar magnetic fields ...
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NASA outlines Parker Solar Probe mission to 'touch the sun'

Next summer’s maiden, unmanned mission to the sun’s atmosphere will travel at 430,000 miles per hour, whipping the distance between New York City and Tokyo in about a minute’s time, NASA scientists ...
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NASA probe data suggests a more complex sun's magnetic engine

A Southwest Research Institute-led study found that protons and heavy ions react differently to solar magnetic reconnection events, revealing a more complex magnetic engine powering the solar wind.