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

NASA's PUNCH mission has unveiled its first images of colossal solar eruptions known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) — delivering an unprecedented, wide-field view of how these solar storms travel ...

Faculty and alumni from across six decades reflected on Brown University’s impact as an international hub for solar system ...

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

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

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 ...

Star and planet formation has largely been considered separate, sequential processes. But in a new study, scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have modeled a different scenario where ...

Several ongoing and future missions led or co-led by NASA exploring the cosmos could face serious changes if Congress ...

We can design them to withstand environments in the solar system that are far too harsh for any reasonable expectation of human exploration. The surface of Venus is hot enough to melt lead ...