NASA’s Parker Solar Probe became the fastest object ever built when it flew through the Sun’s outer atmosphere at more than ...

At about 430,000 mph, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe covers roughly 120 miles every second. The spacecraft matched that record during its 28th close approach to the Sun on June 8, 2026, while operating ...

NASA's spacecraft has reported back after making a plunge into the sun. The Parker Solar Probe has transmitted a beacon tone, ...

Astronomical objects can approach the Sun, with some comets and asteroids traveling remarkably close and surviving. Mercury, ...

CHICAGO — It was 1958. Sputnik had launched only a year earlier, the first human-made object to circle the planet. But the beachball-size spacecraft had no instruments to measure anything in space.

Next summer’s maiden, unmanned mission to the sun’s atmosphere will travel at 430,000 miles per hour, whipping the distance between New York City and Tokyo in about a minute’s time, NASA scientists ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe checks in after latest pass of Sun NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 29th close approach to the Sun on Sept. 4, matching its record speed and distance from the solar ...

Most days, you can look up and see the Sun shining above. Even if it’s hidden behind clouds, you know it’s there, lighting up the sky. But while the Sun’s light might be relatively constant, its ...