Parker Solar Probe – Astronomy Now

Solar Probe finds small flares – ‘campfires’ – that may help heat the corona

16 July 2020 Astronomy Now

The first images from the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft provide spectacular close-range views of the sun.

Solar Orbiter launched, promises first looks at sun’s hidden poles

11 February 2020 Astronomy Now

ESA’s Solar Orbiter begins its mission to study the Sun from a unique vantage point: an eventually tilted orbit that allows a look at the star’s poles.

Parker Solar Probe heading for third close pass by Sun

14 August 2019 Astronomy Now

The Parker Solar Probe, racing toward its third close pass by the Sun, is working better than expected collecting data about the solar wind and the hot corona.

Parker Solar Probe makes second close pass by Sun

4 April 2019 Astronomy Now

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is making its second close flyby of the Sun this week, passing within a scant 24 million km (15 million miles) of Earth’s star.

Parker Solar Probe in good shape after close approach to Sun

13 November 2018 Astronomy Now

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe came through its first close encounter with the sun on 5 November in excellent condition after braving extreme temperatures and radiation studying the solar corona.

Parker probe now closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft

30 October 2018 Astronomy Now

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is now closer to the Sun than any spacecraft ever built as it moves in for the first of seven dips into the star’s outer atmosphere, or corona, for unprecedented close-range observations.