The data collected by Parker Solar Probe serves to enhance our understanding of the science behind various solar events.

In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, where he introduced the concept of the "universal constructor." The theory ...

Even at this early stage in our spacefaring age, humanity has already begun sending probes that will eventually reach other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist's rendition shows NASA's Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP Our Sun ...

Propelled by a recent swing past Venus, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is healthy and performing normally as it heads toward its next closest approach to the Sun on Nov. 21. Parker Solar Probe will break ...

BROUGHT A SAMPLE FROM THE BENNU ASTEROID TO EARTH. IN THIS PAST WEEK, RESEARCHERS SHARED THAT THE ASTEROID ACTUALLY CONTAINS THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE. THE ASTEROID HAD A BRINY BROTH, THAT BROTH ...

In 2018, NASA scientists launched the Parker Solar Probe on what they call “a mission to touch the sun.” Since then, the spacecraft has looped around our star 21 times, with the research team nudging ...

Something mysterious is going on at the Sun. In defiance of all logic, its atmosphere gets much, much hotter the farther it stretches from the Sun’s blazing surface. Temperatures in the corona — the ...

Alien probes could already be hiding somewhere in our Solar System – and our current surveys are nowhere near good enough to ...

This artist’s rendition shows NASA’s Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP Our Sun drives a constant outward flow of plasma, or ionized gas, called the ...