Parker Solar Probe has uncovered new details about how magnetic reconnection on the Sun flings charged particles at insane speeds.

The mystery of why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is far hotter than its surface has long puzzled scientists. The solar corona reaches temperatures of over a million degrees Celsius, while the surface ...

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Two strong solar flares erupted from the sun within 12 hours of each other, according to information from NASA's Solar ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured images of the sun 3.8 million miles away. Images collected by the probe include some of the sun’s outer atmosphere. The images are helping scientists figure out the ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has directly observed magnetic reconnection in the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time, confirming decades-old theories about solar explosions. This discovery bridges ...

Imagine an enormous telescope with a sun shield the size of a tennis court that sends back proof of a lemon-shaped exoplanet raining diamonds. Then, picture a flying object that can hurtle toward the ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe made history with the closest-ever approach to the sun last December, and we're finally getting a look at some of the images it captured. The space agency released a ...

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has provided the first direct in-situ measurements of magnetic reconnection, capturing the exact ...