New observations are helping scientists peer beneath the Sun’s surface, revealing where its magnetic activity may truly begin ...

“We are witnessing where space weather threats to Earth begin, with our eyes, not just with models.” With these words, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate spokesperson Nicky Fox conveyed the wonder ...

The Parker Solar Probe has now traced the sun’s outer frontier in unprecedented detail, turning a once-theoretical boundary into a mapped region of real, measured structure. By skimming through the ...

Tezpur University researchers discover that sun's surface vibrations may significantly influence solar storm dynamics and energy transfer.

The Parker Solar Probe was 1,500 pounds of ambition when it launched from Florida in 2018, on a seven-year mission to “touch the Sun.” The goal was to have the probe orbit 24 times, using Venus for a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA probe confirms helicity barrier changes how solar wind heats up near Sun. (CREDIT: NASA) The mystery of why the Sun’s outer ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe made history with the closest-ever approach to the sun last December, and we're finally getting a look at some of the images it captured. The space agency released a ...

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' ...