CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has ...

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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 ...

Using the Parker Solar Probe, NASA achieved what was once impossible — flying directly into the Sun’s outer atmosphere to take the closest images in history. The spacecraft endured temperatures over 2 ...

Using advanced solar observatories and spacecraft such as NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and helioseismic instruments, scientists have been able to study the internal structure of the Sun in unprecedented ...