Scheduled to launch on Feb. 27, NASA's PUNCH mission could revolutionize space weather forecasts, unify the solar corona and the heliosphere, and help improve astronomy techniques.

STarlight Acquisition and Reflection toward Interferometry—and will showcase the viability of a new technique for studying ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

The above 40-second video is sped-up footage of the new-found jets flashing briefly near the Sun’s south pole. In reality, ...

Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

Solar sail technology could enhance early space weather warnings, improving protection for satellites and power grids.

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the ...

This innovative satellite system aims to create long-duration artificial solar eclipses, allowing scientists to explore the Sun’s corona in unprecedented detail. ESA has spent the past decade ...

Ask a group of people to name the most amazing thing they have seen in the daytime or nighttime sky and you may get answers like: the total solar eclipse of August 2017, Venus’ solar transit ...

they presented a conceptual design of the satellite, its end-of-life disposal method, and a first pilot system and experiment. “The objective of Japan is to develop gigawatt-level space solar ...