(CNN) — The Parker Solar Probe zoomed by the sun on Tuesday during a record-breaking flyby, coming within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface during humanity’s closest ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe will come withing 6.1 million kilometers of the sun, closer than any other spacecraft. Credit: ASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben WASHINGTON — A NASA spacecraft is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency announced Friday.

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 ...

On 4 February, asteroid 2011 MD will make its closest approach to the Earth. Though it will not be visible by the naked eye, the asteroid will pass 15,000,000 km away from Earth – much closer than ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated record-setting approach to the surface of the sun. Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is ...

(CNN) — The Parker Solar Probe will zoom by the sun on Tuesday during a record-breaking flyby, coming within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface during humanity’s closest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist's concept shows the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft flying into the Sun's outer atmosphere (Reuters) -NASA said on Friday ...

After the closest approach, around midnight between Thursday and Friday, Parker will send a signal called a beacon tone back to mission control to confirm the success of the flyby, Rawafi said. The ...

(Reuters) -NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was "safe" and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach to the Sun by any human-made object. The spacecraft ...

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