16 results for "Parker Solar Probe"

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its 20th close approach to the sun, achieving a significant milestone in its mission to study the solar corona. This remarkable feat underscores...

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 in Astronomy, NASA, Science NASA’s Parker Probe spacecraft completed a maneuver yesterday called a perihelion about 15 million miles (24 million kilometers) above the surface...

Posted on Jul 18, 2018 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Science, Technology Crossing this boundary with a spacecraft will be similar, symbolically, to the moment when the Voyager 1 probe entered interstellar...

Posted on Aug 28, 2018 Parker Solar Probe will fly closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft and through the solar corona itself. “We will be exploring a region...

NASA has confirmed that the Sun is at solar maximum, the peak of its 11-year cycle. This phase brings more frequent auroras and powerful space weather events, which could last…

Recent studies using data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe and ESA’s Solar Orbiter have provided compelling evidence that Alfvén waves play a critical role in accelerating and heating the solar...

May 2024 witnessed an extraordinary display of auroras, some of the most intense and vivid seen in centuries. The spectacular light shows, visible far beyond the usual Arctic and Antarctic...

Posted on Feb 25, 2021 in Astronomy, Science Astronomers have recently speculated that our nearest neighbor, Venus, may have been he first habitable planet in the Solar System — “a...

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Astronomy, Science When Simone Di Matteo first saw the patterns in his data, it seemed too good to be true. “It’s too perfect!” Di...

Posted on Aug 11, 2018 The first ever spacecraft to fly directly toward the Sun was poised to blast off today, on a mission to plunge into our star’s sizzling...

“The Galaxy Report” brings you news of space and science that has the capacity to provide clues to the mystery of our existence and adds a much needed cosmic perspective...

The Daily Galaxy editorial staff selections for the top 15 stories of 2021 selected from The Galaxy Report weekly feature, ranging from the world’s top scientists’ hopes and expectations for...

It’s been a Red-Letter week in our Universe with news ranging from everything you’ll need to know about the upcoming launch of James Webb Space Telescope and a new era...

Posted on Dec 5, 2019 in Astronomy, NASA, Science Since it’s launch in 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has returned unprecedented data from near the Sun, culminating in new discoveries...

Posted on May 2, 2019 in Astronomy, Science “All of these things are way more weird than anyone had predicted,” says astrophysicist John Beacom of the Ohio State University who...

Posted on Jan 21, 2020 in Astronomy, Black Hole, Science On April 10, 2019 the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team unveiled humanity’s first image of a supermassive black hole –described...