Parker Solar Probe Stories

After Latest Swing Past Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Checks in

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 29th close approach to the Sun on Sept. 4, again matching its record speed and distance from the solar surface. This time, the spacecraft trained its camera on structures and activity near the Sun’s…

Parker Solar Probe Makes 28th Close Pass of Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 28th close approach to the Sun on June 8, again matching its record distance of 3.8 million miles from the solar surface. The flyby allowed the spacecraft to continue its measurements of the solar…

NASA Missions Track Record-Breaking Radio Burst from Sun

When NASA scientists first observed a particular radio burst from the Sun in August 2025, there was nothing unusual about it. But then the radio burst kept going. Typically, solar radio bursts like these last a few hours to days.…

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Finds Surprises in an Explosion Near the Sun

Before a solar storm races across space and impacts technology on Earth, it starts with an explosive process on the Sun known as magnetic reconnection. Now, observations from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe have uncovered new details about how these types…

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes 27th Swing Around the Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 27th close approach to the Sun on March 11, again matching its record distance of 3.8 million miles (6.2 million kilometers) from the solar surface. The flyby allowed the spacecraft to conduct measurements of…

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Observes Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from Oct. 18 to Nov. 5, 2025, with its WISPR (Wide-Field Imager for Solar Probe) instrument. The spacecraft snapped around 10 images of the comet per day. During this period, Parker Solar…

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 26th Closest Approach to Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 26th close approach to the Sun on Dec. 13, again matching its record distance of 3.8 million miles (6.2 million kilometers) from the solar surface. The spacecraft checked in with flight controllers at the…

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Helps Map Sun’s Outer Boundary

With the help of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, astronomers have made the first continuous, two-dimensional maps of the outer edge of the Sun’s atmosphere. At this boundary, which scientists call the Alfvén surface, solar material escapes from the Sun to become the solar wind, a…