Sun

As Parker Solar Probe prepares for an unprecedented close-up of the sun, the new spacecraft sent data home showing that all is well in the mission.

The northern lights just got a boost thanks to a big hole in the sun's atmosphere, and there could be something of a repeat showing tonight.

NASA's new mission to the sun may reveal clues about alien worlds, too.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has deployed key instruments on its historic journey to the Sun.

NASA has unveiled an incredible image of the Sun "exploding" but fear not – this violent reaction happens on a near constant basis and is nothing to worry about, experts say.

After decades of scientific brainstorming and years of construction, NASA's Parker Solar Probe is safely on its way to flying seven times closer to the sun than any mission has before.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe blasts off from Cape Canaveral on its mission to the Sun.

Space company United Launch Alliance builds key infrastructure for manned missions from Cape Canaveral.

NASA’s historic Parker Solar Probe is the space agency’s first spacecraft to be named after a living individual.

The Parker Solar Probe will use gravity assists to reach speeds of 430,000 mph as it heads for a rendezvous with the sun; Phil Keating reports from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.