Ascent Solar Technologies announced its collaboration with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Glenn Research Center to enhance capabilities for receiving beamed power using its CIGS photovoltaic ...

But it shouldn't unduly affect mission operations, according to the agency. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's ...

A NASA spacecraft made history and is safe after making the closest-ever approach to the sun. On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a ...

For the first time in the history of solar observation, NASA has made the Sun’s invisible magnetic behavior visible. Using ...

The mission launched in April to test a cost-effective form of space travel that relies on the Sun, but it's not going as planned. Reading time 2 minutes It’s been a few months since launch, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured the moon ...

NASA and the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent home the highest resolution images of our sun ever captured. ESA has shared four images of the sun's surface, revealing the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NASA has released the first look at its Advanced Composite Solar ...

A NASA spacecraft erected a large, foil solar sail in orbit around Earth last week, after a failed attempt days earlier. However, subsequent observations of the spacecraft show it is "tumbling or ...

Today's solar flare forecasting is pretty straightforward. Earth has several instruments pointed at the sun that monitor it, and when a solar flare erupts, NOAA predicts whether it'll hit Earth and ...

An international team of researchers tracked the active solar region using the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint NASA and ...