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NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to make a record-breaking ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within ...

The spunky probe's final gravity assist around Venus will put it on track to break records near the Sun next month.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Sun's corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be seen in the footage it captured. Credit: Space.com | NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Na ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over why the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, heats up as it moves further from the sun's surface. Now the long list of possible explanations has been ...

This month, catch planetary views of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, witness a close pass of the Parker Solar Probe by Venus, and ...

A little over a year ago, and about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) from where you’re currently reading this, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe quietly made history by safely flying through ...

A US space agency Nasa mission to send a satellite closer to the Sun than any before has been stood down. The Parker Solar Probe was set to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday ...

Parker Solar Probe’s 21st orbit included a perihelion that brought the spacecraft within 4.51 million miles of the sun. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben This week's close approach ...

In Parker’s first close approach to the Sun, it observed that the solar wind near the Sun was indeed abundant with Alfvén waves. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completes its first trip around the sun ...