NASA's Parker Solar Probe has captured its first visible light images of the surface of Venus. Using its Wide-Field Imager (WISPR) instrument, Parker imaged the entire nightside in wavelengths of the ...

At 3.8 million miles from the Sun's surface, Parker Solar Probe will be the closest a human-made object's ever been to our host star. Reading time 3 minutes The Sun is getting a surprise visitor for ...

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument of a coronal streamer of the sun, about 16.9 ...

Calibrating and verifying surface-probe readings from 25°C to 450°C (77°F to 842°F), the CL1600 surface-probe calibrator sports a rugged, compact bench-top design providing a 120-mm diameter aluminum ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In the hands of jewelers, gold can be fashioned into rings and pendants of long-lasting beauty. But, when reduced in size to nanocrystals containing a few thousand atoms, this noble ...

Christmas will be warm and bright for one NASA mission this year. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will swoop toward the fiery surface of the sun on Christmas Eve, traveling closer to the massive star than ...

The PTT pocket temperature test probes measure surface or immersion temperatures in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit. The TPP1 immersion probes and TPP2 surface-area probes measure from −50°C to 250°C ...

For the first time, a spacecraft has made contact with the sun. During a recent flyby, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe entered the sun’s atmosphere. “We have finally arrived,” Nicola Fox, director of NASA’s ...