In addition to breaking its previous distance record, the PSP passed through the solar atmosphere at a velocity of about ...

The BMBF-funded project “Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) Targetry HUB for DT Inertial Fusion” (IFE Targetry HUB, for short) is ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes history by flying closest to the sun, gathering data to forecast space-weather events.

A NASA spacecraft has made history by surviving its closest-ever approach to the Sun during the Parker Solar Probe mission, a project over six years in the making. The spacecraft was out of ...

Over the years, I have featured many articles about our sun, including sunspots, solar flares, cycles and its activity. Last week was a landmark occasion for NASA as a sophisticated solar probe ...

Mars’ strangely small mass still puzzles planetary scientists. Definitive answers as to why are still hard to come by.

NASA's Parker Solar Space Probe got closer to the sun than any other human-made object. NPR talks to the scientist behind the ...

Parker Solar Probe reaches record 3.8 million miles from the Sun Achieves 430,000 mph, fastest speed for a human-made object Key mission in understanding the Sun's solar wind and particles ...

Bronze Age combat, moral philosophy and Reddit’s AITA, Mondrian’s fractal tree, and seven other fascinating papers.

NASA Armstrong's new probe flew successfully using a lifting body design, with plans for more ambitious future tests. On ...