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NASA's Parker Solar Probe gathers data from Sun's corona again, equals distance and speed records

The probe completed its 27th closest approach to the Sun this March.

Solar flares recorded again by NASA — This time the Sun is producing more than expected

Citizen scientists reviewing NASA data discovered unusually high Solar flare rates, helping researchers better understand the ...

Physicists trace the sun's magnetic engine, 200,000 kilometers below its surface

Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe breaks records again with 27th swing around the sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its 27th close approach to the Sun, reaching an unprecedented distance of 3.8 million miles from the solar surface. This milestone, achieved ...
Princeton University

IMAP opens a new era for heliosphere science and space weather

The Princeton-led NASA mission has officially begun its science mission to study the sun and everything it touches. Princeton marked the occasion with a panel discussion, science talks and a reception ...
ZME Science

The Sun Was Formed 10,000 Light-Years Closer to the Milky Way Center. It Escaped in a Massive Migration of Thousands of Solar Twins

A groundbreaking study in galactic archaeology proves the Sun made a treacherous journey to reach its current home in the ...
Scientific American

The sun and thousands of its twins migrated across the Milky Way just in time

Our sun was born 4.6 billion years ago near the crowded center of the Milky Way and then migrated roughly 10,000 light-years ...

NASA's DART mission didn't just change the orbit of asteroid it hit

NASA's DART mission didn’t just change the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit. It changed the orbit of the larger Didymos around the sun.