NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a M7.9-class solar flare. See footage of the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: ...

Lightsails are a more generic form of solar sail ... in the vacuum of space. Radiation in the form of sunlight is therefore enough to push interplanetary spacecraft thousands of miles off course ...

Germany's Atmos Space Cargo announced today (Feb. 5) that its first Phoenix reentry capsule will fly on SpaceX's Bandwagon 3 rideshare mission. A Falcon 9 rocket will launch Bandwagon 3 no earlier ...

Welcome to Edition 7.30 of the Rocket Report! The US government relies on SpaceX for a lot of missions. These include ...

8 Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, but it's perhaps the most overlooked of the rocky worlds in the solar ... and Japanese space agencies, seeks to change that. The spacecraft makes ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The capsule that will one day ferry Indian astronauts to space and return them to Earth has ...

HELSINKI — China will launch a pair of low-cost space station resupply spacecraft this year on new commercial launch vehicles, highlighting advances for the country’s space ecosystem.

Strange chorus waves, detected far from Earth, challenge existing theories and raise space mission safety concerns.

SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even ...

July 19, 2024 — Space storms could soon ... the mysterious origins of the 'slow' solar wind, using data collected during the Solar Orbiter spacecraft's first close journey to the ...