The Proba-3 spacecraft succeed at creating solar eclipses, kicking off a two-year mission to study the sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona.

Scientists in China have outlined a mission proposal for the China Academy of Space Technology space solar power (SSP) ...

Forward-looking: Recent tests have proven that beaming solar energy to Earth from low-orbiting satellites is theoretically possible with existing technology. If implemented, the method could ...

A prototype antenna for the proposed Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) radio telescope in New Mexico. If funded, the project would greatly expand U.S. radio astronomy capabilities.

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the ...

A new study led by Tohoku University has revealed that rooftop solar panels, when combined with electric vehicles (EVs) as batteries, could supply 85% of Japan's electricity demand and reduce carbon ...

A vast star-forming cloud of molecular hydrogen that is one of the largest single structures in the sky has been discovered hidden near the solar system.. The crescent-shaped cloud—which its ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies—known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs)—and found varying traces of methanol.The discoveries are helping them ...

Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to better understand solar system's origins. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 / 250424121701.htm ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast-moving body using the world's most powerful telescopes. It was found ...

The Kuiper Belt is a region in space beyond the orbit of Neptune that's home to Pluto and most of the known dwarf planets, as well as some comets that are thought to be relics of the solar system ...