A close encounter with Sun’s corona

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close encounter with sun
The probe accelerated to 430,000 mph, faster than any spacecraft has ever flown, traveling to within 3.8 million miles of the star’s surface.
Solar Probe Survives Record-Breaking Closest Ever Encounter With Sun
Astrophysicists now await a data transmission that will improve understanding of the sun's solar wind and the heat of its corona.
Parker Solar Probe successfully completes closest-ever approach to sun
The Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed a historic close encounter with the sun, passing through its blazing corona in mankind's nearest approach to the star, NASA announced Friday.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe whizzes within 3.8 million miles of sun, setting a record
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived an up-close encounter with the sun, coming closer to the fiery star than any other spacecraft before it.
Parker Solar Probe aims to teach us more about the sun
NASA's Parker Solar Space Probe got closer to the sun than any other human-made object. NPR talks to the scientist behind the project, Nour Rawafi.
All systems 'go' as Parker Solar Probe approaches closest encounter with Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is operating normally and remains on schedule for a record-setting close encounter with the Sun on Christmas Eve, mission controllers say.
Parker Probe Gets Closer to the Sun Than Ever, Phones Home
The probe was developed as part of NASA's Living With a Star program to explore aspects of the Sun-Earth system.
Mega asteroid the size of a 10-story building will fly past Earth TONIGHT
The massive rock is believed to be ten storeys high and will skim past the planet at 14,743 miles per hour in the early hours ...
NASA Warns Of Big Bus-Sized Asteroid Set For Close Encounter With Earth Tomorrow: Check Speed, Time And Distance
NASA has issued an alert regarding a 31-foot-wide asteroid named 2024 YA5, roughly the size of a bus, which is set to make a ...
Three massive asteroids set for a close encounter with Earth today, NASA alerts
NASA has confirmed that three asteroids will pass by Earth on December 17. While these objects are considered "near misses," ...