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Parker Solar Probe completes closest-ever approach to Sun

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has sent signal to home after completing its closest-ever sun flyby

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its record-breaking flyby, coming within just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface on Christmas Eve.

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Survives Fiery Sun Flyby at 430,000 MPH

Racing closer to the Sun than ever before, the Parker Solar Probe is unlocking the secrets of our solar system's fiery heart. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully transmitted a beacon signal back to Earth,

Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to the Sun

NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun has confirmed that it survived its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun’s surface on Dec. 24. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles (around 6.

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The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun

The mission’s close-up with the sun is the culmination of a dream that dates to the dawn of the space age, but progress was ...

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Mars’ Small Mass Still Puzzles Planetary Scientists

Mars’ strangely small mass still puzzles planetary scientists. Definitive answers as to why are still hard to come by.

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