The 'helicity barrier' has been directly confirmed, offering new insights into the heating and formation of the solar wind.

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In its closest-ever dive into the Sun’s atmosphere, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has returned stunning new images and data that bring scientists closer to solving one of the Sun’s biggest ...

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More NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its second close flyby of the sun, the space agency announced earlier this week. The car-sized spacecraft swooped within 3.8 million miles ...

Parker Solar Probe was developed as part of NASA’s Living With a Star program to explore aspects of the Sun-Earth system that directly affect life and society.

NASA has released new images from the Parker Solar Probe, which passed within 3.8 million miles of the sun last year.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which observes the sun, was able to capture an image of the event, which the agency said peaked at around 5:49 p.m. ET June 17.

How close was the probe to the sun? On Dec. 24, 2024, the Parker Solar Probe began its closest approach to the sun, traveling only 3.8 million miles from the solar surface.