The daring NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST (1153 GMT) on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

This Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe will ... “It’ll be inside the upper atmosphere of the sun, literally touching the star,” Nicki Rayl, NASA’s deputy director of heliophysics ...

The spacecraft flew within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface to "touch the sun" on Christmas ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is spending Christmas Eve on a history-making attempt to fly closer to the sun than we have ever been before — a stunning technological feat that scientists liken to ...

Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed through the sun's atmosphere.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made a historic attempt to circle the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, which, if successful, would be the closest-ever attempt to do so. The agency will ...

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

But on Christmas Eve, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flew around the sun. At around 6:53 a.m. EST on Tuesday, the probe flew within 3.8 million miles of our solar system’s beacon—closer than any ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe ... Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is expected on Christmas Eve to come within 3.8 million miles of the sun.

The Christmas Eve flyby is the first of three at the same distance from the Sun, taking full advantage of the spacecraft’s daredevil capacities. NASA Parker Solar Probe Solar System stars the ...

A NASA probe is set to make history this Christmas Eve as it becomes the closest human-made object to the sun. Tomorrow at 11:53 GMT, the Parker Solar Probe will pass within just 3.8 million miles ...

This Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe will ... “It’ll be inside the upper atmosphere of the sun, literally touching the star,” Nicki Rayl, NASA’s deputy director of heliophysics ...