NASA astronaut Bill Anders took this iconic image of Earth rising over the Moon’s horizon on December 24, 1968.

A new image resembling a Christmas wreath captures young stars lighting up dense, dark clouds of dust. The image features NGC 602, a star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy to the ...

The space agency’s Parker Solar Probe survived the latest endeavor in its mission to “touch” the sun – flying just 3.8 ...

NASA has harnessed solar power to drive exploration and innovation. From powering the Parker Solar Probe near the Sun to enabling the Mars Helicopter’s historic flights, solar energy fuels spacecraft, ...

Parker Solar Probe to fly closest to the Sun at 6:53 a.m. EST on Dec. 24 The spacecraft will travel at 430,000 mph through the Sun’s corona NASA’s record-breaking mission offers new insights into ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface at 430,000 miles per hour, beating its own record.

The Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed a historic close encounter with the sun, passing through its blazing corona in mankind's nearest approach to the star, NASA announced Friday.

On Christmas Eve, the spacecraft approached within 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface—the closest any spacecraft has ...

Stranded NASA astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams has followers scratching their heads over a festive new photo that shows the space travelers getting into the holiday spirit lightyears away from earth.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe will get closer to the sun than ever before. Astrophysicist Nour Rawafi explains how this mission could help solve the sun's most perplexing mysteries.

The Parker Solar Probe zoomed by the sun on Tuesday during a record-breaking flyby, coming within 3.8 million miles (6.1 ...

The spacecraft flew within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface to "touch the sun" on Christmas ...