All systems 'go' as Parker Solar Probe approaches closest encounter with Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is operating normally and remains on schedule for a record-setting close encounter with the Sun on ...
NASA's solar probe is about to fly closer to the sun than any human-made object ever
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is expected to make a fiery dive close to the solar surface on the morning of Christmas Eve.
NASA cameras to capture interaction between Blue Ghost lander, moon's surface
Developed at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies (SCALPSS) is ...
American political violence is on a slippery slope
University of Chicago Political Science professor Robert Pape says American political violence has crossed a new, dangerous threshold into corporations. Professor Pape foresees a dramatic, social ...
11 sensational images from the Northern Lights Photographer of the Year awards
The skies put on a spectacular show in 2024. With the sun experiencing a particularly active year, the aurora displays around ...
Boeing's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
Boeing has faced mechanical problems, safety problems, grounded planes, stranded astronauts, executive departures, a strike, ...
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Rocket Lab launches private Earth-imaging satellite to orbit on its final flight of 2024 (video)
"That rounds out 100% mission success for every launch this year. Congratulations team and thanks to all the customers that ...
NASA Plans for ‘Continuous Heartbeat’ in Space After ISS Retirement
The space agency is looking to maintain human presence in the microgravity environment as it transitions to commercial ...
SpaceX scrubs launch from Florida, but one lifts off from California
One of two scheduled Falcon 9 rocket launches lifted off early Saturday with one going off in California but aborted in ...
Astronauts Whose Return to Earth Was Delayed Make the Most of Their Holiday Season with Festive Photo from Space
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the two astronauts stranded in space since June, posed for a festive photograph ahead of the ...
What Is a Solar Flare?
We explain this extraordinary phenomenon—and why solar flares and coronal mass ejections go together like spots on Dalmatians ...
A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Fly Through the Sun
Forget the cautionary tale of Icarus. NASA's daring Parker Solar Probe is gearing up to fly into the Sun to glean the secrets ...