Icarus has nothing on NASA. The space agency’s Parker Solar ... we can better understand its impacts throughout our solar system, including on the technology we use daily on Earth and in space ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. The findings reveal the ...

Earlier this week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 6 million km of the scorching star at the centre of the solar system. NASA received an all-clear message from Parker late on ...

A NASA spacecraft made history and is safe after making the closest-ever approach to the sun. On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a ...

Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Brian Monroe Racing closer to the Sun than ever before, the Parker Solar Probe is unlocking the secrets of our solar system’s fiery heart. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has ...

promising to reshape our understanding of our star and its impact on the solar system. “Flying this close to the Sun is a historic moment in humanity’s first mission to a star.” Nicky Fox, NASA ...

The two Voyager spacecraft continue to be incredibly useful to Nasa, and losing it might have meant losing some of our most important information about the very edges of our solar system.

who leads the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "By studying the sun up close, we can better understand its impacts throughout our solar system, including on the ...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed ...

On New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home more good news about its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun. On Wednesday (Jan. 1), mission ...