Parker Solar Probe

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Probe Gets Close To The Sun — Finds Rogue Plasma Waves And Flipping Magnetic Fields

6:01pm December 04, 2019

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The initial results from an ambitious mission to get a spacecraft close to the Sun are shedding new light on some old mysteries about our closest star.

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Artist's concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Launching in 2018, Parker Solar Probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space-weather events that impact life

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NASA Braves The Heat To Get Up Close And Personal With Our Sun

10:47pm August 09, 2018

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

A new NASA probe will get closer to our sun than ever before, to try to solve mysteries like why its atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface.

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WATCH: Building A Probe That Will Survive A Trip To The Sun

4:16pm July 31, 2018

The sun is responsible for all life on Earth, but we still have a lot to learn about it. So this summer, NASA is sending the Parker Solar Probe closer to the sun than we have ever been before.