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This NASA probe flew closer to the sun than ever before, here’s what it discovered!

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed a historic milestone by traveling closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before it.

A Spacecraft Flew Closer to the Sun Than Ever – and Is Rewriting a Century-Old Mystery

Close-up measurements from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe are giving scientists an unprecedented look at how the solar wind gains ...
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NASA’s $1B probe hit 400,000 mph to skim the sun, here’s what it saw

NASA spent roughly a billion dollars to send a car‑sized robot into the Sun’s atmosphere, and to get there it had to accelerate to about 400,000 mph, faster than any spacecraft in history. That ...
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NASA solar probe becomes first spacecraft to 'touch' the sun

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has ...
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NASA Spacecraft ‘Touches Sun’ For Third Time In Defining Moment For Humankind

The heavily armored Parker Solar Probe has traveled to within just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun’s surface — what NASA calls “hyper close.” It’s the third time it has ...
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Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats

This photo provided by NASA on July 15, 2025, was taken by Parker Solar Probe's WISPR instrument during its record-breaking flyby of the Sun, showing the solar wind ...