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

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

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 ...

Discover the order of planets in the solar system. From Mercury to Neptune, explore our solar system and learn more about our cosmic home. The solar system is our cosmic neighborhood, made up of ...

Lab tests have been performed to confirm the momentum coupling to be about 40 Newtons for each megawatt. A system of multiple lasers and pellet beams could accelerate many missions to the solar ...

Some scientists think they discovered a new dwarf planet at the edge of the solar system, so far away that it takes around 25 ...