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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe may have found the missing piece behind the sun’s hottest mystery

One of the biggest unanswered questions in solar physics may have gained an unexpected new lead. Researchers analyzing ...
Science Daily

NASA probe flies into the Sun and captures the origins of solar storms

In its closest-ever dive into the Sun’s atmosphere, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has returned stunning new images and data that bring scientists closer to solving one of the Sun’s biggest mysteries: how ...
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Behold the Closest Images of the Sun Ever Taken

On Christmas Eve of last year, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made spaceflight history, flying by the Sun at a record-setting distance of just 3.8 million miles (6.12 million kilometers) from the solar ...
Phys.org

Parker Solar Probe confirms decades-old theoretical models about magnetic reconnection

New research led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has confirmed decades-old theoretical models of magnetic reconnection, the process that releases stored magnetic energy to drive solar flares, ...
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NASA finally touched the sun - what Parker Solar Probe found

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has flown closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history, revealing new clues about the corona, ...
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NASA shares breathtaking close-up images of sun's atmosphere in action

On its record-breaking approach to the sun late last year, NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured stunning new images from within the sun's atmosphere. These newly released images—taken closer to the sun ...
Phys.org

Parker Solar Probe spies solar wind 'U-turn'

Images captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar magnetic fields ...
Forbes

NASA Spacecraft ‘Touches Sun’ For Third Time In Defining Moment For Humankind

The heavily armored Parker Solar Probe has traveled to within just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun’s surface — what NASA calls “hyper close.” It’s the third time it has ...
Science Daily

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe finds hidden barrier that explains the sun’s mysterious heat

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has flown closer to the Sun than ever before, offering the first direct glimpse into the turbulent solar atmosphere. Scientists have discovered that a phenomenon called the ...
WBUR

Parker Solar Probe sends back photos from the sun's outer atmosphere

NASA's Parker Solar Probe passed into the outer atmosphere of the sun and took incredible images of the sun's corona. Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with Nour Rawafi, astrophysicist and Parker Solar ...
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A NASA spacecraft is piercing the sun's scorching atmosphere right now

Parker Solar Probe reached "perihelion," the nearest point to the sun in its orbit, on Dec. 13, 2025. Credit: ASA / Johns Hopkins APL / Steve Gribben illustration A NASA spacecraft is making a close ...