NASA's solar probe flies closer to the sun than any human-made object ever
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is expected to make a fiery dive close to the solar surface on the morning of Christmas Eve.
Best Astro Stories '24: Solar Eclipse, extreme auroras and Comet of the Century
There were high hopes for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS throughout the first part of 2024. It was a visitor from the Oort Cloud, the vast cloud of large comets that surrounds our solar system, that was on a ...
History-making NASA probe flies closer to the sun than ever before — and breaks speed record
The Parker Solar Probe passed within just 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface — seven times closer to the burning ball of ...
Fastest Nasa craft, Parker Solar Probe, to mark Christmas-eve by passing brushing the Sun
While surfing across corona, sun’s outer atmosphere, Parker will surpass blistering speed of 430,000 miles per hour, breaking ...
NASA spacecraft just plunged into the sun and broke stunning records
Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed through the sun's atmosphere. The Parker Solar Probe, ...
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The astrophotographer who chases the northern lights
Roi Levi leads tours of Iceland and other countries where this year's magnificent aurora borealis is most visible.
Ice, heat and hail: A look back at Central Texas’ biggest weather stories of 2024
From snow and ice to triple-digit heat, and from flash flooding to extreme drought, 2024 had it all. Here’s a look back at some of the biggest weather stories of the year.
The end of the 'Rust' criminal case against Alec Baldwin may unlock a civil lawsuit
The conclusion of a criminal case against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer may clear the way for a ...
A Year in Space: 10 Biggest Space Missions And Events That Defined 2024
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Juice spacecraft launched on April 24 to explore Jupiter's icy moons Ganymede, Europa and Callisto. Juice is currently on an eight-year-long journey to the outer ...
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Mysterious objects in Arkansas skies Saturday night ID'd as Chinese commercial satellite
A Harvard astrophysicist identified mysterious objects that streaked across several states -- including Arkansas -- on ...
NASA spacecraft touches Sun’s atmosphere, breaking record
The concept of touching the Sun can be traced back to the ancient Greek myth of Icarus, but scientists at NASA have turned ...
The net zero quest to save British farmland from solar panels
Hundreds of square miles of mainly English farmland risks being lost to solar panels by 2030 under Labour’s net zero plans, ...