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).

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According to NASA, the Parker Solar Probe reached speeds of up to 430,000 miles per hour, enduring temperatures as high as ...

NASA had to lose contact with the Parker Solar Probe during the flyby, and contact will be re-established on7.

Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is expected to come within 3.8 million miles of ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has been breaking records since the day it launched as the fastest space mission in history. Now, ...

The spaceship is on a seven-year mission to deepen scientific understanding of the Sun and help forecast space-weather events ...

On Christmas Eve morning, NASA's Parker Solar Probe broke a new record with its closest approach ever to the sun. The NASA ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe was poised this morning to make history by getting closer to the sun -- about 3.83 million miles ...

The sun reached its most turbulent phase in its 11-year cycle just two months ago, so scientists are hoping it will unleash ...

Plans call for Parker on Tuesday to hurtle through the sizzling solar atmosphere and pass within a record-breaking 3.8 ...

A NASA spacecraft is about to give astronomers an epic early Christmas present with the closest ever flyby of the sun on Dec.