NASA is about to 'touch' the sun. Here's what you need to know.
NASA is about to make history. Its Parker Solar Probe is set to fly closer to the sun than any object in history. The mission ...
The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun
The mission’s close-up with the sun is the culmination of a dream that dates to the dawn of the space age, but progress was ...
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NASA on high alert over massive 'dent' anomaly in Earth's magnetic field
Earth's magnetic field acts like a protective shield around the planet, repelling and trapping charged particles from the Sun ...
This is how close NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly by the sun
The Parker Solar Probe is expected to pass within an "unprecedented" 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec. 24, ...
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A NASA Spacecraft Will ‘Touch’ the Sun on Christmas Eve, Flying Closer to the Star Than Any Probe Before
The Parker Solar Probe will endure scorching temperatures of 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit as it performs the closest solar flyby ...
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Parker Solar Probe: First spacecraft to 'touch' the sun
You may like Millions of Degrees and Plasma Dreams: NASA's Parker Solar Probe Basks in the Sun How NASA's New Solar ... When flying past Venus in 2020, the WISPR instrument detected a bright ...
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Touching the Sun: Parker Solar Probe Pushes the Boundaries of Space Science
A NASA spacecraft has made history by surviving its closest-ever approach to the Sun during the Parker Solar Probe mission, a project over six years in the making. The spacecraft was out of ...