For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares—intense bursts of light on the sun that can ...
Laser Tools Co. also offers an SE-20 Solar Tracking Alignment Laser System that mounts to the slew motor pedestal and shoots ...
The ever-faithful Hubble Space Telescope has been deployed on many missions over its 34 years in service, and helped us ...
As the U.S. prepares for a second term for the Trump Administration, the solar industry faces a new era of both challenges ...
New research is offering unprecedented insights into the icy planetesimals of the early solar system, such as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. Planetesimals are small, celestial objects ...
There is good news for Sun botherers: the Parker Solar Probe appears to have survived its close encounter with our nearest star. The probe was just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun as it ...
After years of braving the heat and dust of the inner solar system, taking blasts of solar energy and radiation that no spacecraft has ever seen, Parker Solar Probe continues to thrive." ...
“By studying the Sun up close, we can better understand its impacts throughout our solar system, including on the technology we use daily on Earth and in space, as well as learn about the workings of ...
We look ahead to 2025 as the sun ramps up its activity, driven by the peak of the current solar cycle. 2024 was a busy year for solar news, but what can we expect from 2025? In April, a total ...
The spacecraft flew within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface to "touch the sun" on Christmas Eve. NASA's Parker Solar Probe is alive! Two days after a historic ...
The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar encounter ever attempted by a spacecraft. By Katrina Miller On Dec. 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe swooped ...
improved protection of electronic systems, and, perhaps most tantalizingly of all, a deeper understanding of fundamental physics and solar processes. “This mission truly marks humanity’s first ...