Forbes

History-Making Spacecraft Has Survived ‘Touching The Sun,’ Says NASA

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Parker Solar Probe is observing the sun from a closer ...
USA Today

NASA's Parker Solar Probe whizzes within 3.8 million miles of sun, setting a record

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived an up-close encounter with the sun, officially coming closer to the fiery star than any other spacecraft before it. The record-breaking solar approach took place ...
Forbes

NASA Spacecraft ‘Touches Sun’ In Defining Moment For Humankind

Artist’s concept of Parker Solar Probe. On Tuesday, Dec. 24, NASA's Parker Solar Probe got to within just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun's surface. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe ...
Washington Examiner

NASA discovers Mercury hides 10-mile-thick layer of diamond

Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, has a 10-mile-thick mantle of pure diamond, according to NASA. The report, derived from data taken from the NASA MESSENGER probe that orbited the red-hot planet ...
USA Today

What are sounding rockets? NASA launch from New Mexico studies sun's mysterious chromosphere

States like Florida, Texas and California are no strangers to routine rocket launches − but New Mexico? Spacecraft also sometimes get off the ground from the state. Space news coverage may be ...