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Spacecraft makes closest-ever fly-by of Sun: what the trip will tell us
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe could solve the mysteries of the solar wind and test Einstein’s theory of relativity.
Parker Solar Probe, with CU experiment onboard, survives closest encounter with sun
The Parker Solar Probe, partly designed by students and researchers in Colorado, survived its closest encounter with our sun, ...
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Nasa spacecraft ‘operating normally’ after closest-ever approach to sun
On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface while moving at 430,000 miles per ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe survives; it's staggering speed can cover Japan to US in just under a minute
NASA's Parker Solar Probe survived its closest Sun approach at 3.8 million miles, transmitting data after enduring extreme ...
NASA probe beams home update after record-breaking flyby of sun
NASA said scientists began receiving more detailed telemetry — or "housekeeping data" — from the spacecraft on New Year's Day ...
16 fascinating breakthroughs of 2024 that weren’t about AI
From CRISPR therapeutics to Moon landings, these are some of the tech trends that defined the past year. All the excitement around artificial intelligence can make it hard to notice all the other ...
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NASA’s Parker probe rings back home after historic sun flyby at 430,000 mph
The Parker Solar Probe broke its record by flying closer to the sun than ever before, reaching a distance of just 3.8 million ...
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NASA confirms Parker Solar Probe survived solar close encounter
NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the ...
Here’s your 2025 guide to the night sky and other celestial wow moments
The new year will bring a pair of lunar eclipses. But don’t expect any sun-disappearing acts like the one that mesmerized ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun
"The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest approach to the sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...