Nasa has unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time, aiming to harness the propulsive power of sunlight for interstellar travel. The US space agency revealed that it had deployed the solar sail ...
Scientists have been cataloging comet 3I/ATLAS’s journey through the Solar System since July, tracking major milestones as ...
NASA has had incredible success with its solar missions. On December 14, 2021, NASA's Parker Solar Probe became the first ...
An experimental NASA solar sail can be seen in the night sky as it orbits the Earth. NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) launched in April 2024 atop a Rocket Lab Electron rocket. The ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured solar material looping back to the sun, revealing how it recycles magnetic energy and ...
A different kind of solar eclipse took place on X Monday courtesy of NASA’s sun and moon social media accounts. Monday marked a rare and highly-anticipated solar eclipse that took place across North ...
For the first time, scientists have created detailed, 2D maps of the sun's outermost atmosphere. This feat was accomplished ...
On June 25, Tuesday, a small fleet of scientific instruments known as the Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) will be launched into 22,000 miles in space. Developed by researchers ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe reveals the sun recycling erupting plasma, as solar material bursts outward then curls back, ...
The Parker Solar Probe has finally reached the atmosphere of the sun. The NASA spacecraft spent more than three years winding its way by planets and creeping gradually closer to our star to learn more ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA has announced plans to broadcast the total solar ...
Not only is Earth suddenly spinning faster, but our Sun is getting more active than NASA predicted. The Sun appears to have a cycle of about 11 years during which it waxes and wanes. Its activity is ...