Latest about Parker Solar Probe
NASA's Parker Solar Probe smashes record for fastest human-made object
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has reached a record-breaking speed as it gets a gravitational assist from Venus to fall closer to the sun's scorching surface.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies through major coronal mass ejection — and survives to tell the tale
The sun-kissing spacecraft watched as dust particles were displaced across 6 million miles (9.7 million kilometers).
Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter team up to tackle 65-year-old sun mystery
The Parker Solar Probe and the Solar Orbiter may have finally solved a solar puzzle that has troubled scientists for decades.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe to make closest flyby of Venus on Aug. 21
Thanks to some precise maneuvering on Aug. 3, NASA says Parker is on-track to make its sixth and closest flyby of Venus on Aug. 21.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe starts summer with 16th swoop by the sun
The Parker Solar Probe conducted its 16th perihelion pass on Thursday morning (June 22), cruising through the sun’s superhot outer atmosphere, called the corona.
NASA's sun-kissing Parker Solar Probe finds source of 'fast' solar wind
Using data collected by NASA's sun-touching Parker Solar Probe, scientists have tracked the "fast" solar wind back to showerhead-like funnels generated by coronal holes.
NASA selects solar physicist Nicola Fox as its new science chief
NASA has announced that Heliophysics Division leader Nicola Fox will be the agency's new head of science, overseeing more than 100 missions.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes its 15th close flyby of the sun this St. Patrick's Day
Raise a cold one for the spacecraft as it makes its 15th perihelion today braving blisteringly hot temperatures.
