The speedy flyby would make ... project manager from Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, in a statement. “After years of braving the heat and dust of the inner solar system ...

Delving into the behaviors of the Sun and protecting humans at home and beyond are top priorities, according to the National Academies.

The Parker Solar Probe zoomed by the sun on Tuesday during a record-breaking flyby, coming within 3.8 million miles of the solar surface during humanity's closest approach to a star.