The probe will orbit the sun "close enough to pass inside a solar eruption, like a surfer diving under a crashing ocean wave, ...

The largest and most ambitious Martian drone yet could carry kilograms of scientific equipment over great distances and set itself down on the Red Planet unassisted ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Jupiter as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on April 8, 2023 during its 50th orbit of the giant ... water near the planet’s equator and the cause of Jupiter's x-ray aurorae.

For more than a decade, NASA’s Near-Earth ... float away from the planet for the next 50 or so years as it orbits the sun and trails the Earth. Spacecraft in orbit around planets, however ...

We can't see the exomoon, but based on a surprisingly large sodium cloud, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory thinks it's there. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

NASA's technology-demonstrating Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) has a bent boom in Earth orbit, a newly released photo shows. The ACS3 spacecraft launched April 23 to test key aspects ...

As part of a study, NASA supports letting SpaceX operate 400 satellites in 300-kilometer orbits, below the International Space Station, for 60 days.

The goal of NASA’s DART mission was to change the moonlet’s orbit, even if only by a small ... with thousands of asteroids breezing past our planet at dangerous speeds every year.

NASA’s Europa Clipper is now soaring towards ... of Earth’s oceans where biologists suspect life first arose on our planet. At 12:06 p.m. Eastern, the Falcon Heavy cleared the launchpad.

SpaceX has received support from NASA in its proposal to orbit Starlink satellites about 200 kilometers closer to Earth. SpaceX wants permission to orbit its cellular Starlink satellites 340 to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's technology-demonstrating Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) has a bent boom ...