NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface at 430,000 miles per hour, beating its own record.

NASA sent out the Parker Space Probe in 2018 to better understand the sun's outer atmosphere. The spacecraft survived the journey and is now orbiting the sun about six kilometres away from its ...

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At its maximum speed, goosed by the gravitational pull of the sun, the probe reaches a velocity of 430,000 miles per hour, or more than one-sixth of 1 percent the speed of light. That kind of ...

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 ...

Why worry? "A new study of 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that other stars like ours may experience powerful superflares about once per century, shedding light on the potential for rare but extreme ...

Over the years, I have featured many articles about our sun, including sunspots, solar flares, cycles and its activity. Last week was a landmark occasion for NASA as a sophisticated solar probe ...

This month, the Internal Revenue Service says it will distribute about $2.4 billion in outstanding stimulus check funds to ...

An artist's impression of a superflare on a Sun-like star as seen in white light (visible band). According to new research, the chance of a massive solar flare bringing down power grids and ...