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NASA probe attempts historic Christmas Eve approach to sun

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‘Kissing at 1,000 degree Celsius’: NASA’s Parker Probe risks it all in Christmas Eve solar flyby. Did it endure?

NASA's Parker Solar Probe braves 1,000°C heat and 430,000 mph speeds in a daring Christmas Eve solar flyby, unlocking unprecedented secrets of the Sun’s corona and plasma flares.

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NASA probe to make Christmas Eve trip to sun’s surface: ‘Uncharted territory’

The Parker probe was launched in 2018 as part of NASA’s Living With a Star program with the aim of “touching” the sun. It has circled the sun more than 20 times since to explore the flaming hot, outermost layer, the corona, which can uncover how the sun-earth system affects life and society.

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NASA probe attempts closest ever approach to the sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is expected to make history by flying into the sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona, on a mission to help scientists learn more about Earth’s closest star. “No human-made object has ever passed this close to a star,

NASA Spacecraft 'Touches Sun'

NASA Spacecraft ‘Touches Sun’ In Defining Moment For Humankind

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun early Tuesday, getting within just 4% of the Earth-sun distance — a feat compared to the '69 moon landing.

Mashable on MSN · 16h

NASA spacecraft just plunged into the sun and broke stunning records

Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed through the sun's atmosphere.

NASA spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to the sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe was expected to make history on Tuesday by flying into the sun's outer atmosphere called the corona on a mission to help scientists learn more about Earth's closest star.

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NASA's solar probe flies closer to the sun than any human-made object ever

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is expected to make a fiery dive close to the solar surface on the morning of Christmas Eve.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe completes historic Christmas Eve flyby of the sun — but it could take days to know if it survived

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is spending Christmas Eve on a history ... On Christmas Eve, scientists expect the probe to have ...

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Discovery of "tipped over" black hole surprises NASA scientists

New analysis techniques and decades-old research helped NASA scientists identify an unusual black hole in a distant galaxy.

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Solar Orbiter’s Stunning New Views of the Sun Reveal Hidden Dynamics

The Solar Orbiter mission has produced unprecedented high-resolution images of the Sun, showcasing the complex interplay of ...

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Animation Of NASA's ESCAPADE Launched To Mars Atop Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket

A pair of NASA spacecraft know as the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) to be launched to Mars ...

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The Most Important Space Missions Launching From the Kennedy Space Center in 2025

More the 90 space missions are scheduled to take off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center next year, heading for the ISS, the ...

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