Probe

It survived! NASA’s Parker Solar Probe just phoned home

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has phoned home, providing the eagerly anticipated confirmation that it managed to survive its close pass of the sun earlier this week. “Following its record-breaking closest approach to the sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has transmitted a beacon tone back to Earth indicating it’s in good health and operating normally,” the … Read more

When will we know if NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived ‘touching’ the sun?

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On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe attempted to ‘touch’ the sun and emerge unscathed. The closest approach ever made by a human-made object to our nearest star saw the spacecraft come within 3.8 million miles of its seething, infernal surface. At the same time, the spacecraft reached the fastest speed ever travelled by a … Read more