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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close encounter with sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has called home, sending a signal confirming that it survived a historically close encounter with the sun, when it traveled to within 3.8 million miles of the flaring ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe completes historic Christmas Eve flyby of the sun — but it could take days to know if it survived
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is spending Christmas Eve on a history-making attempt to fly closer to the sun than we have ever been before — a stunning technological feat that scientists liken to ...
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What you need to know about NASA's mission to touch the sun
Artist's illustration of the Parker Solar Probe at the sun. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben UPDATE 2: The Parker Solar Probe launched as planned at 3:31 a.m. ET on Sunday morning ...
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parker solar probe
A little over a year ago, and about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) from where you’re currently reading this, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe quietly made history by safely flying through ...
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Why NASA is flying Parker Solar Probe into the sun
NASA will soon launch its Parker Solar Probe on a mission that will take it closer to the sun than any spacecraft in history. The probe will fly straight into the sun's outer atmosphere ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Is Being Pelted by Tiny Plasma Explosions
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NASA’s Sun probe just spotted something entirely new
These outbursts occur more often when the star is in one of its more active phases, but thanks to NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, scientists were able to capture one happening completely out of the blue.
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NASA’s Parker Probe Gets Front Row Seat To CME
A little over a year ago, and about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) from where you’re currently reading this, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe quietly made history by safely flying through ...
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The solar wind, explained
In 2018, this dream finally came true. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe—named for Eugene Parker in honor of his pioneering research—began a seven-year journey to the blisteringly hot corona of the sun on Aug ...
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Seminar: Survey of Energetic Particles Viewed by Parker Solar Probe 3/27
Since 2018, Parker Solar Probe has been sampling a largely unexplored regime near the sun, achieving a record-setting closest approach of 3.83 million miles (< 9 solar radii) from the solar surface on ...
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Parker Solar Probe (IMAGE)
NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission has traveled closer to the Sun than any human-made object before it. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...