Latest about Parker Solar Probe
SpaceX launches 1st European solar sail on Transporter 6 mission
French firm's solar sail launched on SpaceX mission last week.
NASA's adventurous Parker Solar Probe spacecraft zips past the sun again today
The spacecraft will make its 14th close approach to our star, whipping through extreme conditions at tremendous speeds.
China's new solar probe snaps its 1st image of the sun (photo)
China's recently launched Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) has returned its first image, showing an M-class flare erupting on the sun.
European sun spacecraft spots mysterious switchback that speeds solar wind
The European sun-observing mission Solar Orbiter observed a mysterious "switchback" in the solar wind that might explain what propels particles from the sun across the solar system.
NASA spacecraft hopes to catch a solar flare as it zips past the sun
This is the spacecraft's 13th close approach to the sun, but its first in a new era of solar activity.
Europe is looking at space-based solar power to address energy crisis
The European Space Agency will ask its member states to fund a preparatory space-based solar power program at a major meeting later this year.
NASA's sun-grazing Parker Solar Probe will zip through its 12th stellar closeup today
NASA's sun-grazing spacecraft will make its 12th close flyby of our star on Wednesday (June 1), marking the halfway point of the mission.
Eugene Parker, astrophysicist namesake of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, dies at 94
Eugene Parker was the namesake of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which is swooping up close to the sun to get unprecedented detail about how our star works.
