"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to ...

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A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

Lightweight, robust, radiation-resilient photovoltaics are critical technologies for many aerospace applications. OPV cells ...

The Pioneer spacecraft designed, built, and tested by Rocket Lab is the second spacecraft delivered to Varda for launch ...

Solar Orbiter has revealed that tiny, hair-like jets in the Sun’s coronal holes are responsible for both fast and slow solar ...

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...

Lightsails are a more generic form of solar sail ... for when sending probes to Mars or other planets. But a higher-energy version of this phenomenon could use a ground- or space-based laser ...

SCIENTISTS have unveiled several options to stop 2024 YR4, an asteroid the size of a football pitch from smashing into Earth.

The $34.9 million award will launch the Space Power and Propulsion for Agility, Responsiveness and Resilience Institute — ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has ruled out S-shaped bends in the sun's magnetic field as a cause of the corona's searing ... July 19, 2024 — Space storms could soon be forecasted with greater ...

Researchers at Ghent University in Belgium are working on the development of advanced 3D-printed hydrogels for radiation ...