NASA’s Parker Solar Probe achieved its closest Sun approach, enduring extreme heat and gathering vital data on the corona and solar winds, advancing our understanding of the Sun’s impact on Earth.
NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted a signal back to Earth on the night of December 26th, “indicating ...
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 ...