The spacecraft signaled to researchers that it had survived the close-up with the sun and was in "good health." NASA scientists on Thursday announced that the Parker Solar Probe had survived ...

Also, by studying our own star up close, we can learn ... According to NASA, the spacecraft is scheduled to complete 24 orbits around the sun, with its last two planned for 2025.

Europe's BepiColombo mission will enter orbit of the solar system's first planet in about two years, but it's been whizzing past Mercury regularly as it lines up ... so close to the sun, the ...

The comment, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, or its closest point to the sun. During its close call with the sun ...

And remember that the amped-up brightness isn’t just bad for your ... “But there’s a 50-degree limit on how close to the sun you can observe; that’s only been circumvented once to look ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its closest-ever approach to the Sun on Tuesday, becoming the first man-made object to accomplish this feat. Parker should have travelled as close as 6.1 million ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...