Why we wish you were here Because this is not your father’s – or mother’s or grandparents’ – Princess Cruise. Sure – the ship ...

NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted a signal back to Earth on the night of December 26th, “indicating ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image made available by NASA shows an artist’s rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived an up-close encounter with the sun, officially coming closer to the fiery star than any other spacecraft before it. The record-breaking solar approach took ...

A NASA spacecraft is "safe" after making the closest-ever approach to the sun by a human-made object, the space agency says. The Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun's ...

This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the sun. NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was 'safe' and operating normally after ...

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History was made on Thursday evening (Credits: NASA/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstoc) Nasa have made history after their Parker Solar aircraft survived the closest-ever approach to the Sun. The ...

We look ahead to 2025 as the sun ramps up its activity, driven by the peak of the current solar cycle. 2024 was a busy year for solar news, but what can we expect from 2025? In April, a total ...

A STUNNING apartment inside an iconic former Premier League stadium has gone up for sale. And there is even a nod to the glory the club enjoyed while playing at the ground. The one-bedroom pad hit ...

Here at The Sun, we'll be providing updates throughout the day on the Santa tracker provided by NORAD — the North American Aerospace Defense Command — which delivers real-time tracking of ...

temperature as the spacecraft approaches the sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe remains out of contact on Christmas Day after its historic achievement on Dec. 24 when it got closer to the sun than ...