Two rare X-class solar flares from sunspot AR4274 on November 4 sent twin coronal mass ejections toward Earth, prompting NOAA ...

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 explains how a 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse occurs and how it differs from a total solar eclipse. WARNING: ...

"Ultimately, this work may help scientists better predict the impact of space weather across the solar system on longer ...

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 ...

For the first time, scientists have created detailed, 2D maps of the sun's outermost atmosphere. This feat was accomplished ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and Europa Clipper captured detailed observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in 2025, providing data on its trajectory, composition, and behavior as it passed through the ...

A solar sail is designed to capture the tiny amounts of radiation pressure exerted by sunlight to propel a spacecraft to incredible speeds. The advantages are numerous: by acting like a sailing ship ...

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 ...

NASA ended its InSight mission on Mars after the lander stopped responding to communications from Earth. Dust accumulated on the lander's solar panels and slowly drained its energy over the last two ...