Parker Solar Probe makes another flyby of the sun, solar energy bags a win, and more science stories

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is flying at 430,000 mph through the Sun’s atmosphere, and its 4.5-inch shield is why it survives

NASA's Parker Solar Probe hits 430,000 mph near the Sun. Discover how its 4.5-inch shield protects it from 2,500°F temperatures.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captures its closest-ever images of the Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has slipped closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history, and its latest flyby has now delivered the most intimate images ever captured of our star. The new views do more ...
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6,90,000 kmph: Nasa's Parker Solar Probe flies past Sun at a whopping speed

Parker's instruments are gathering measurements while the Sun is in an active phase of its 11-year solar cycle, a period ...
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Parker Solar Probe spies solar wind 'U-turn'

Images captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar magnetic fields ...
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Page 3 - News on solar-probe

NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe is poised to make its closest-ever approach of the sun on Christmas Eve, a record-setting 3.8 million miles (6.2 million kilometers) from the surface. When two ...