Parker Solar Probe

The sun is right there in the name of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, but a second mission of opportunity may make the spacecraft just as vital to Venus scientists as to those studying our local star.

The first results to come down from NASA's record-setting Parker Solar Probe have impressed the pioneering astrophysicist who lent the spacecraft his name.

The first science results are in from NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which has flown faster and closer to the sun than any other human-made object in history.

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The Parker Solar Probe completed its third close solar flyby on Sunday (Sept. 1), coming within 15 million miles (24 million kilometers) of our star.

It's an extra-sunny Sunday for NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which is making its third close pass around the sun today (Sept. 1).

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for another close swoop by the sun as it celebrates its first year in space.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has already completed two daring dives into the sun's atmosphere, and now scientists have realized that they'll be able to gather more data than expected from the mission.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is on its way to another close encounter with the sun, where investigators hope the spacecraft will solve a long-standing solar mystery.

The blobs are real, they’re chock full of charged particles and they’re heading our way several times each day.