Parker Solar Probe
WISPR Team Images Turbulence within Solar Transients for the First Time
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has been in studying the Sun for the last six years. In 2021 it was hit…
Parker Solar Probe Was Blasted by Coronal Mass Ejections 28 Times in 4 Years
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) was launched on August 12, 2018, with the goal of becoming the first spacecraft to…
40 Telescopes Watched the Sun as the Parker Solar Probe Made its Most Recent Flyby
Sometimes in space, even when you’re millions of kilometers from anything, you’re still being watched. Or at least that’s the…
Wow. Parker Solar Probe Took a Picture of the Surface of Venus
The Parker Solar Probe’s mission is to study the Sun. But the spacecraft’s instruments have nabbed some pretty impressive data…
Parker Solar Probe Flies Through the Sun’s Outer Atmosphere for the First Time
For the first time ever, a spacecraft has flown through the Sun’s outer atmosphere. The Parker Solar Probe passed through…
Parker Solar Probe Hurtles Past the Sun, Making its Closest Approach so far
We’ve covered plenty of the Parker Solar Probe’s exploits here at UT, but it keeps breaking new records almost every…
The Parker Solar Probe is getting pelted by hypervelocity dust. Could they damage spacecraft?
There’s a pretty significant disadvantage to going really fast - if you get hit with anything, even if it is…
What we’ve Learned About Venus From the Parker Solar Probe
The Parker Solar Probe has been getting in a lot of extracurricular activity lately. Originally designed to observe the Sun,…
Parker Solar Probe Captured Images of Venus on its way to the Sun
Last summer, the Parker Solar Probe flew past Venus on its way to fly closer to the Sun. In a…
Parker Solar Probe Gives a Unique Perspective on Comet NEOWISE
Comet watchers have enjoying the newly-discovered NEOWISE comet since it was first spotted in March 2020. Now that it's visible…