NASA has had incredible success with its solar missions. On December 14, 2021, NASA's Parker Solar Probe became the first spacecraft to "touch the Sun." Then there is the PUNCH fleet, which, in less ...

I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before ...

In September, NASA announced that the threat of solar storms is reaching a new high, noting that the activities on the Sun's surface have intensified in the past decade. Solar storms can lead to some ...

NASA has chosen a proposed solar mission for further investigation as part of its Small Explorer program, continuing early design work rather than authorising a flight. The project, known as the ...

The three missions launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket the morning of September 24. NASA A SpaceX launch early Wednesday morning sent a trio of spacecraft toward a destination almost one million ...

A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft that will study space weather are traveling through space atop a single SpaceX rocket. By Kenneth Chang A SpaceX rocket launched on Wednesday morning ...

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.