Video shows NASA's futuristic solar sail technology prototype. Like a sail on the ocean propels a boat with the wind, this ...

On March 7, 1962, NASA launched the first Orbiting Solar Observatory. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Eight of these satellites were launched between 1962 and 1975 to study the ...

NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory "will draw on technologies proven by the agency’s Hubble, Webb and upcoming Roman Space ...

On April 8, 2024, people across the world witnessed a solar eclipse, a relatively rare event in which the moon occults (blocks out) light from the sun. To capture this event, volunteers at 143 ...

Remember 3I/ATLAS? Yes, the interstellar comet that made plenty of headlines in 2025 is still romping through our solar system.

NASA’s Eclipse Megamovie dataset from the 2024 total solar eclipse provides detailed observations of the Sun’s corona, including 52,469 photos from 143 volunteer-led observatories.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Sun released a strong solar flare on Tuesday, Feb. 3, following several eruptions in the preceding days, raising the ...

A NASA mission to study the heliosphere—the sun's magnetic bubble that shields our solar system—and develop a better understanding of space weather was launched from the agency's Kennedy Space Center ...

NASA invites the public to join the Space Umbrella project, analyzing MMS data to study magnetic reconnection and solar wind ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

We all rely on the sun to supply our planet with light and warmth, but despite it being vital to our continued existence, there's a lot that scientists still don't know about it. A new study has ...