Fast solar wind from a massive coronal hole in the sun could trigger dazzling auroral displays as geomagnetic activity is ...

Magnetic switchbacks have been ruled out as a cause of the sun's curiously hot corona, but could help solve another standing mystery of how the solar wind heats up as it travels through space.

In a groundbreaking first, the Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its closest encounter with the Sun. So where ...

Astrophysicists now await a data transmission that will improve understanding of the sun's solar wind and the heat of its ...

Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore.

Rare data from solar probes tracks Sun’s magnetic field evolution Magnetic switchbacks smooth out as solar wind accelerates Study improves solar wind predictions for better space weather forecastin ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A massive coronal hole has formed in the sun's atmosphere, unleashing a powerful stream of solar ...

The sharp S-shaped bends of the magnetic fields streaming out of the sun, called magnetic switchbacks, have long been of interest to solar scientists. Switchbacks impact the solar wind—the ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched on Aug. 12, 2018, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. The Parker Solar Probe's mission is to study the sun in unprecedented detail. The ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes a historic close approach to the sun, gathering data to understand the solar wind and corona ...

Parker Solar Probe reaches record 3.8 million miles from the Sun Achieves 430,000 mph, fastest speed for a human-made object Key mission in understanding the Sun's solar wind and particles ...

During previous perihelions, the spacecraft traversed a region called the Alfvén surface, where the solar wind — a stream of particles emitted by the sun — escapes into space. But for its ...