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NASA confirms Parker Solar Probe survived solar close encounter
NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the Sun. On December 24, 2024, the robotic probe came within a record 3.8 ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest approach to the sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun
On New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home more good news about its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun. On Wednesday (Jan. 1), mission ...
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Who is Parker Jones? Georgia CB commits costly sideline penalty for running into official during Sugar Bowl
Parker Jones entered Thursday's Sugar Bowl as a relatively unknown player for Georgia. But everyone watching the game now knows the name of the redshirt sophomore cornerback — for all the wrong ...
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NASA Confirms: Parker Probe Survives 'Touching Sun' in Record-Breaking Flyby
In August 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) began its long journey to study the Sun's outer corona. After several gravity-assist maneuvers with Venus, the probe broke Helios 2's distance record ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe safe after historic closest-ever approach to sun
On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface. Just before midnight Thursday ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe: The Fastest Human-Made Object Just “Touched” the Sun and Shattered Records
After six years of preparation, Parker Solar Probe achieved a historic milestone by “touching” the Sun, unlocking mysteries of the solar atmosphere and revealing the origins of solar wind and ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has survived the closest-ever Sun flyby
NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted a signal back to Earth on the night of December 26th, “indicating ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun’s scorching surface
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image made available by NASA shows an artist’s rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the ...
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Nasa makes history with closest-ever approach to Sun
Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight EST on Thursday (05:00 GMT on Friday) after it had been out of communication for several days during its burning-hot ...
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Parker Solar Probe sends a "Still Alive" tone back to Earth
There is good news for Sun botherers: the Parker Solar Probe appears to have survived its close encounter with our nearest star. The probe was just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun as it ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe: What Happens Next After Sun Flyby?
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has once again made history, completing its closest-ever approach to the sun on December 24, 2024. Hurtling through the solar corona at an astonishing 430,000 miles per ...