Finding a bubble of hot gas blown by the stellar wind from a young star gives researchers a peek at what our sun was like when it was young.

The big question is whether the NASA probe will endure the sun’s intense heat, or burn up like a moth in flames. The Parker Solar Probe will stay a seemingly safe 3.8 million miles above the sun ...

It will be the fastest a human-made object has ever traveled, putting us closer than ever to the source of life on Earth.