There are eight planets in the solar system, and each travels on its own path around the sun. But of these planets, which is ...

A spacecraft developed by European scientists and companies has captured unprecedented new views of the Sun’s south pole.

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A NASA spacecraft made history and is safe after making the closest-ever approach to the sun. On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a ...

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument of a coronal streamer of the sun ...

NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was "safe" and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach to the sun by any human-made object. The spacecraft passed ...