Nasa has unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time, aiming to harness the propulsive power of sunlight for interstellar travel. The US space agency revealed that it had deployed the solar sail ...

On April 23, NASA launched a solar sail protype to orbit around our planet — a piece of technology that could very well revolutionize the way we think about spacecraft propulsion. Then, on Aug. 29, ...

Scientists have been cataloging comet 3I/ATLAS’s journey through the Solar System since July, tracking major milestones as ...

Scientists have long studied the sun, our solar system’s life-giving star, trying to understand its behavior, solar flares, ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe reveals the sun recycling erupting plasma, as solar material bursts outward then curls back, ...

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The Sun exhibited unpredictable behavior with two strong solar flares in late November and early December 2025. These events, captured by NASA's Solar ...

A solar sail is designed to capture the tiny amounts of radiation pressure exerted by sunlight to propel a spacecraft to incredible speeds. The advantages are numerous: by acting like a sailing ship ...

Mars experienced a sudden rupture in the cosmic order about one year ago. It was almost like the red planet had briefly been transported to another solar system. Normally in our solar system, the sun ...

We are currently experiencing solar cycle 25. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The solar cycle describes an approximately 11-year ...

Solar activity is currently increasing and with it comes more solar flares. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Solar flares are ...

Not only is Earth suddenly spinning faster, but our Sun is getting more active than NASA predicted. The Sun appears to have a cycle of about 11 years during which it waxes and wanes. Its activity is ...