Yahoo

Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Left) A colorful view of Mercury produced using images from the color base map imaging campaign during MESSENGER's primary ...
Forbes

History-Making Spacecraft Has Survived ‘Touching The Sun,’ Says NASA

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Parker Solar Probe is observing the sun from a closer ...
Washington Examiner

NASA discovers Mercury hides 10-mile-thick layer of diamond

Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, has a 10-mile-thick mantle of pure diamond, according to NASA. The report, derived from data taken from the NASA MESSENGER probe that orbited the red-hot planet ...
Forbes

NASA Spacecraft ‘Touches Sun’ In Defining Moment For Humankind

Artist’s concept of Parker Solar Probe. On Tuesday, Dec. 24, NASA's Parker Solar Probe got to within just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun's surface. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe ...
USA Today

NASA's Parker Solar Probe whizzes within 3.8 million miles of sun, setting a record

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived an up-close encounter with the sun, officially coming closer to the fiery star than any other spacecraft before it. The record-breaking solar approach took place ...