NASA did something absolutely mind-blowing—they sent a spacecraft straight into the Sun’s atmosphere, and it actually ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has once again made history by achieving a speed that is almost unimaginable. During its recent journey through the Sun’s outer atmosphere, known as the corona, the ...

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 ...

Since the 1970s, Voyager 1 has been making groundbreaking discoveries. But its journey is far from over, and it's still ...

Solar storms can have a devastating effect on earth's power and communication grids, and the trio of missions may help to ...

NASA announced on Wednesday that the agency's "unprecedented" mission to "touch the sun" will be named after the renowned astrophysicist Eugene Parker, whose work has revolutionized scientists' ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has directly observed magnetic reconnection in the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time, confirming decades-old theories about solar explosions. This discovery bridges ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather, NASA said.

This spacecraft is one of three dedicated to studying solar wind and its effects on space weather. It launched today (Sept. 24) ...

NASA's IMAP mission aims to map the heliosphere, study solar wind, and improve space weather forecasting for Earth's ...

A NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home.