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NASA's Parker Solar Space Probe got closer to the sun than any other human-made object. NPR talks to the scientist behind the project, Nour Rawafi.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with writer Colette Shade about her book "Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was)."

As 2024 nears its end, we take a look at some memorable podcasts from NPR member stations that we featured this year.

Legendary sports broadcaster Greg Gumbel has died at the age of 78.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with with Jocelyn Chung, who wrote a children's book called When Love Is More Than Words, about all of the unique ways her family members show their love for her.

In Trump's first term, his administration proposed major funding cuts to housing, food and other public benefits. Congress did not pass them, but advocates worry this time could be different.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Congresswoman-elect Lateefah Simon, who's finding her way around Washington as an incoming freshman House Democrat.

American religious institutions are facing a crisis: they don't have enough clergy to lead congregations, particularly in rural areas.

Infant deaths are unimaginably difficult for families. A Utah seamstress eases the burden by sewing burial clothes — often difficult to find — sourced from donated wedding dresses.

Earhart, her navigator and their plane disappeared during their attempted 1937 circumnavigation of the globe. A deep sea exploration company thought it might have solved the mystery, but it lives on.