Nasa is flying the fastest human-made object ever made closer to the Sun ... to the Sun and examined the corona, or the layer of atmosphere on the outer edge that can be seen during a solar ...

On Christmas Eve, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made history by passing closer to the sun than any previous mission while setting a new speed record for human-made objects. The spacecraft flew ...

The spacecraft will reach speeds of 430,000 mph, making it the fastest human-made object. Scientists hope the mission will help explain why the sun’s outer atmosphere is far hotter than its surface.

The Parker Solar Probe claimed the title of the closest-approaching and fastest human-made object. According to ... aspects of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, to better understand solar ...

"This mission's trailblazing research is rewriting the textbooks on solar science by going to a place no human-made object ... from inside the sun's corona — the outermost layer of its atmosphere.