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NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun.

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NASA confirms Parker Solar Probe survived solar close encounter

NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the Sun. On December 24, 2024, the robotic probe came within a record 3.8 million miles (6.

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Parker Solar Probe makes history with closest-ever approach to the sun

NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever come to a star

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NASA probe beams home update after record-breaking flyby of sun

NASA said scientists began receiving more detailed telemetry — or "housekeeping data" — from the spacecraft on New Year's Day.

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NASA’s Parker probe rings back home after historic sun flyby at 430,000 mph

NASA’s daring Parker Solar Probe plunged deeper into the sun's atmosphere than any human-made object before. While performing this nail-biting closest approach to the sun's surface, a tense silence fell over mission control as contact was briefly lost.

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Johns Hopkins APL Reaches Highest Mark for Intellectual Property Disclosures

APL staff members filed a record 564 intellectual property disclosures in fiscal year 2024, reinforcing the Laboratory’s ...

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Spacecraft makes closest-ever fly-by of Sun: what the trip will tell us

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe could solve the mysteries of the solar wind and test Einstein’s theory of relativity.

Johns Hopkins Physics Lab Defeats Worker's Race Bias Lawsuit

The applied physics laboratory at Johns Hopkins University is free of a Black worker’s race discrimination case because he failed to provide enough detail to back up his allegations, a federal judge ...

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Modeling tool affirms critical role of testing in pandemic response

A study found public-private partnerships to develop, produce and distribute COVID-19 diagnostic tests saved approximately 1.4 million lives and prevented an estimated 7 million patient ...

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The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun

The mission’s close-up with the sun is the culmination of a dream that dates to the dawn of the space age, but progress was ...

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History-making probe achieves closest-ever approach to the sun

The mission operations team, located at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, was able to ...

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Study highlights the importance of diagnostic tests in pandemic response

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how crucial testing is for disease preparedness and response, and new research from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and a team of collaborators ...

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Scientists finally crack the secret of hula hoops

Remember that colorful plastic ring that swept through playgrounds and living rooms in the 1950s? The humble hula hoop might ...

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