A Spacecraft Flew Closer to the Sun Than Ever – and Is Rewriting a Century-Old Mystery

Close-up measurements from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe are giving scientists an unprecedented look at how the solar wind gains ...
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This NASA probe flew closer to the sun than ever before, here’s what it discovered!

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed a historic milestone by traveling closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before it. The groundbreaking data it has collected is offering new insights into the ...

NASA spacecraft reveals how the solar wind is heated near the Sun

A spacecraft now moves through a region once thought unreachable, sampling the thin outer atmosphere of the Sun at distances ...

A risky maneuver could send a spacecraft to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's the plan

By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that ...
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A spacecraft could travel 700 AU to catch 3I/ATLAS: Here’s how

The potential for exploring interstellar objects has captivated scientists for years, with a new mission plan aimed at ...
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Kissing the sun: Unraveling mysteries of the solar wind

Using data collected by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to the sun, a University of Arizona-led research team has measured the dynamics and ever-changing "shell" of hot gas from ...

3I/ATLAS Interceptor: How Starship Boosters Could Reach the Edges of Our System

A bold proposal would send a spacecraft plunging close to the sun to slingshot after interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, an ...