What does the Sun sound like? While sound doesn’t travel in the vacuum of space, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured data that ...

Six years of waiting will come to an end next week as NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes its final approach toward the sun, ...

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission captured an X1.1-class solar flare. See time-lapse footage of the ...

NASA is paving the way for a new, quieter era for supersonic jet planes with its new shock-sensing tool. The X-59 Quesst, ...

NASA plans to make history next week as researchers prepare for an epic flyby past the sun. The NASA Parker Solar Probe is set to come within 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface on Christmas Eve.

"Parker Solar Probe is opening our eyes to a new reality about our star." On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will swoop within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun's ...

These regions release solar wind with different speeds and densities. But all release the same basic components of solar wind — electrically charged particles such as protons and electrons. NASA’s ...

Encountering Neptune in 1989, NASA's Voyager mission completed humankind's first close-up exploration of the four giant outer planets of our solar system. Collectively, since their launch in 1977, the ...

An artist’s concept shows the four satellites of NASA’s PUNCH mission observing the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona. Credit: Southwest Research Institute Launching in February 2025, NASA’s PUNCH ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — A NASA spacecraft is scheduled to make the closest approach to the sun for any craft on record, a mission the government agency said is important to advancing scientific ...

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft communicates with Earth using a 1981 backup transmitter. Discover the challenges and significance ...