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NASA just broke a record in its mission to ‘touch the sun’

This week, on Christmas Eve, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made the closest recorded approach to the sun – 3.8 billion miles above the yellow dwarf star’s surface. Two days later, a beacon tone confirmed it made the trip safely.

Phys.org on MSN · 10h

NASA's Parker Solar Probe sets new record for sun proximity

Operations teams have confirmed NASA's mission to "touch" the sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024.

USA Today · 1d

NASA's solar probe survives closest-ever approach to sun

On Christmas Eve, the spacecraft approached within 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface—the closest any spacecraft has ventured before.

Kessler Syndrome, international space station and Earth

Yahoo · 19h

What is Kessler Syndrome and the potential consequences for Earth of growing space debris?

What to know about the growing threat of space debris as satellites multiply and experts warn of potential orbital disaster.

USA Today · 1d

What is the Kessler Syndrome? How space junk has become an orbital threat

Well, many of those objects - or fragments of them - are still there, languishing above Earth in an ever-expanding space junkyard. Because they're expensive to remove, retired satellites are often left in a low-Earth orbit,

CNN · 1d

With space junk clouding Earth’s orbit, are we barreling toward ‘Kessler Syndrome’?

The concept known as “Kessler Syndrome” was proposed nearly five decades ago. Experts weigh in on whether the space-based disaster scenario is already unfolding.

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NASA's Parker Probe makes history with closest pass to Sun; this is how it will impact Earth

According to the reports presented by various online media sources, on December 24, it passed within a record-breaking 3.8 ...

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Surprise arrival: A fragment of the Moon just circled Earth

Earth briefly hosted a 33-foot object, 2024 PT5, as a mini-moon. Scientists suggest it might be lunar debris from an ancient ...

After Days of Silence, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Phones Home

The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar encounter ever attempted by a spacecraft.

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SpaceX to NASA: Space Projects Lifting Off in 2025

This array of missions from NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin and partners for 2025 reflects a busy year—and a dynamic and ...

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How AI Can Discover New Asteroids Circling the Earth

Asteroid-detecting AI algorithms have already identified 27,000 new pieces of space debris, bringing the known number to 1.3 ...

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Why Stranded NASA Astronauts' Christmas Photo From Space Is Raising One Major Timeline Question

Stranded NASA astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams has followers scratching their heads over a festive new photo that shows the space travelers getting into the holiday spirit lightyears away from earth.

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Startup aims to use giant space robots to solve Earth's energy crisis: 'We've got a leadership position'

Space Solar, a U.K. startup, is collaborating with Transition Labs, an Icelandic climate initiative development business, to ...

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Senate Bill to Authorize $25.4B in FY25 Funds for NASA

Find out more about a bipartisan Senate bill that would authorize $25.4 billion in FY 2025 funding for NASA's space ...

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NASA finalizes strategy for sustaining human presence in low Earth orbit

As part of the agency's efforts to enable broader use of space, NASA has released its final goals and objectives for low ...

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Before NASA’s Dragonfly Rotorcraft Soars On Titan, Model Is Tested On Earth

NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft lander is designed for flight on Saturn's moon Titan. See a "half-scale Dragonfly lander model" in tests at NASA Langley. Credit: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory M ...

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