NASA's PUNCH mission has unveiled its first images of colossal solar eruptions known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) — ...

Solar sails represent one of the most elegant concepts in space exploration: using sunlight itself to propel spacecraft ...

A system of multiple lasers and pellet beams could accelerate many missions to the solar gravitational lens point within 20 years of launch. Each one meter telescope at the solar gravitational lens ...

Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Craig DeForest discussed the latest accomplishments of NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify ...

We’ve made great strides in the past half-century of exploration of our solar system, lead by both human and robotic exploration. We’ve walked on the moon and roved on Mars.

Some scientists think they discovered a new dwarf planet at the edge of the solar system, so far away that it takes around 25,000 years to complete one orbit around the sun. Astrophysicist Dr. Paul ...

"Daydreaming in the Solar System: Surfing Saturn's Rings, Golfing on the Moon, and Other Adventures in Space Exploration" by John E. Moores and Jesse Rogerson is available on Amazon for $32.95 ...

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

Explore cool facts about our solar system- from planets and moons to icy edges far away. Photo Credit: NASA It’s called the “solar system” because “solar” means related to the Sun.

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, ... In 2006, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the infrared satellite AKARI, which was active until 2011.