NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is a groundbreaking mission aimed at uncovering the secrets of our Sun. It became the first human-made object to enter the Sun’s corona,the outermost layer of its atmosphere, ...

New research utilizing data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe has provided the first direct evidence of a phenomenon known as the "helicity barrier" in the solar wind. This discovery, published in ...

The 'helicity barrier' has been directly confirmed, offering new insights into the heating and formation of the solar wind.

NASA's Parker Solar Space Probe got closer to the sun than any other human-made object. NPR talks to the scientist behind the project, Nour Rawafi.

It's not every day we get this close to the heart of our solar system and live to talk about it. But NASA just did something extraordinary. Its Parker Solar Probe has flown closer ...

The Parker Solar Probe discovered that while the solar wind is a steady breeze near Earth, it is anything but at the sun. The spacecraft experienced switchbacks, or zigzag magnetic fields, when it ...

NASA probe sets record as closest object to the sun NASA's Parker Solar Probe has beamed home its first detailed update eight days after making a record-breaking approach to the sun, the agency ...

On Dec. 24, 2024, Parker Solar Probe passed deep within the sun's corona, just 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface and at a top speed of close to 430,000 mph, ushering in a new era of scientific ...

On Dec. 24, 2024, Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the Sun, passing deep within the Sun’s corona, just 3.8 million miles above the Sun’s surface and at a top speed of close to ...

The Parker Solar Probe was first launched by NASA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in 2018. It’s designed to why study the corona — the atmosphere surrounding the sun — gets so hot.

It’s really a very special one. When Parker Solar Probe got very close to the sun, Tuesday of this week, we were - our estimate, it will - the side of the heat shield facing the sun will experience ...

When Parker Solar Probe got very close to the sun, Tuesday of this week, we were - our estimate, it will - the side of the heat shield facing the sun will experience temperatures in order of ...