"We are the first mission to be able to track space weather events in three dimensions routinely across the solar system." ...

For example, in September 2020, it flew within 8.4 million ... said during a recent NASA livestream. While flying so close to the sun doesn't hold any promise of discovering alien life there ...

The above 40-second video is sped-up footage of the new-found jets flashing briefly near the Sun’s south pole. In reality, the jets flash for around one minute, flinging charged particles at an ...

NASA’s PUNCH mission will explore the connection between the sun’s corona and the solar wind using 3D imaging.

Four compact satellites of NASA's PUNCH mission are prepping for a shared launch with the SPHEREx space telescope on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Their goal is to study the Sun's outer atmosphere and its ...

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NASA could make this Christmas Eve one to remember as its pioneering Parker solar probe is poised to make its closest-ever approach to the Sun. The spacecraft is plunging into the star’s outer ...

This week, NASA published images of a comet surging a close path to the sun and a few epic 'post cards from the planets taken by NASA’s robotic explorers. NASA caught images from the comet C ...

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Nasa is preparing to launch a groundbreaking mission to solve some of the biggest mysteries of the Sun and its impact on the solar system. The US space agency announced details of the PUNCH ...