The data collected by Parker Solar Probe serves to enhance our understanding of the science behind various solar events.
The target of JAXA's probe is a near-earth asteroid called Torifune. Here's more about the flyby.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed its 18th close approach to the sun on Dec. 28, 2023, matching its own distance record by skimming just about 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the ...
A NASA probe is currently en route to a metal-rich asteroid that may be the leftover core of an ancient planetesimal. To adjust itself for the 2.2 billion-mile journey, the spacecraft had a brief ...
A NASA spacecraft launched in 2023 from Florida on a long journey to a strange metallic asteroid will have a close encounter with Mars. Coming within just a few thousand miles of the red planet's ...