A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

Icarus has nothing on NASA. The space agency’s Parker Solar Probe survived the latest endeavor in its mission to “touch” the sun – flying just 3.8 million miles above the star’s surface ...

A NASA spacecraft made history and is safe after making the closest-ever approach to the sun. On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a ...

On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface at a historic 430,000 miles per hour Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated ...

NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was "safe" and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach to the sun by any human-made object. The spacecraft passed ...

This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the sun. NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was 'safe' and operating normally after ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday. Earlier this week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million ...

A 4.5-inch-thick carbon-composite shield is keeping Parker Solar Probe’s instruments at room ... [+] temperature as the spacecraft approaches the sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe remains out of ...

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 ...