The probe will have to withstand heat and radiation never previously experienced by any spacecraft, but the mission will also address questions that couldn't be answered before. Understanding the sun ...

It's No Theatrical Stunt reports Kit Eaton at Fast Company. The Solar Probe Plus will have five missions as it ventures near the sun: it "will measure electrons, protons and helium ions in the solar ...

Eugene Parker (1927-2022) made significant contributions to theoretical solar and plasma astrophysics. His 1958 prediction of the solar wind was confirmed by the Mariner II spacecraft in 1962. Parker ...

NASA has big plans for a new mission to the sun: A complex spacecraft, known as the Parker Solar Probe, will be launched in July 2018. One of the main goals of the Parker Solar Probe is to explore the ...

Newly released images from the Parker Solar Probe are so detailed that scientists can see explosions and the flow of solar winds. Plus, menopause research began in earnest about 30 years ago. Two ...

Eugene Parker, pioneer of theoretical solar and plasma astrophysics, was born June 10, 1927. Parker revolutionized the field of heliophysics, notably by first proposing the existence of the solar wind ...