NEW YORK (AP) — A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through ...

Recently, the Aditya-L1 mission captured a solar flare ‘kernel’ in the lower solar atmosphere. What is a solar flare? Why has ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is set for another close brush with the sun, reaching record speeds of 430,000 mph as it flies ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

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The relationship between space weather and Earth’s climate has been a subject of intense study and debate among scientists ...

NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.

As civilizations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase. It's likely that an advanced civilization ...

Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...

The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...