Mercury is the least explored of the four rocky planets in the inner Solar System. It wasn’t until 2011 that NASA’s MESSENGER ...

A NASA spacecraft has survived a historic close fly of the sun. The mission team received a beacon tone from the Parker Solar ...

"The moment when we first looked at the MERTIS flyby data and could immediately distinguish impact craters was breathtaking!" ...

Part of the Parker Solar Probe’s mission is to investigate why the sun’s atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than the ...

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Space agency NASA says its Parker Solar Probe was "safe" and operating normally after successfully completing the ...

A Nasa spacecraft which made the closest-ever approach to the sun is safe and “operating normally”, the space agency said. On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the ...

The beacon was received from the Parker Solar Probe on 26th December just before midnight EST. NASA's team had been out of ...

The first observations from MERTIS revealed that certain areas of Mercury’s surface shine brighter in the mid-infrared than others. More specifically, the Caloris Basin and parts of a large volcanic ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun early Tuesday, getting within just 4% of the Earth-sun ...

Space agencies worldwide are gearing up missions in 2025 to expand humanity's horizons, from the moon and Mars to asteroids and beyond.