NASA's PUNCH satellites successfully launch to study the solar wind
Following a successful launch in the early hours of Wednesday morning (12 March 2025) U.K. time, the PUNCH spacecraft are ...
China Is Building a Solar Station in Space That Could Generate Practically Endless Power
The solar array isn’t the only plan China has for space research—it also plans to reach the Moon and build an International ...
NASA Launches New Space Telescope and Suite of Solar Satellites
The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...
Lunar lander snaps mesmerizing views of a solar eclipse
Its primary objective following the March 2 touchdown inside Mare Crisium crater was to deliver 10 NASA instruments designed ...
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely on the radioactive decay of elements to produce heat and eventually ...
Scientists Confirm 19-Year-Old Solar Flare Theory With NASA’s Iris Satellite
Scientists have confirmed a 19-year-old theory on solar flare formation by observing “slip-running” reconnections in the ...
Liftoff! NASA’s Twin Missions Launch to Unravel the Big Bang & Solar Storms
SPHEREx, NASA’s latest astrophysics observatory, has launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside PUNCH, a mission studying solar wind. SPHEREx will create a 3D map of the universe, helping to uncover ...
Ill-Fated Moon Lander Unexpectedly Woke Up and Sent One Last Message
The lander ended up on its side in a shallow crater in the Moon’s Mons Mouton region, 820 feet (250 meters) from its targeted ...
Blue Ghost lander captured a solar eclipse while on the moon. See the stunning imagery here
While parts of the Earth saw a total lunar eclipse, the Blue Ghost lunar lander captured stunning imagery of a solar eclipse on Friday. See the rare view here.
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Wow! Blue Ghost Captures Total Lunar Eclipse from the Moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander snapped incredible photographs of the March 13–14 total lunar eclipse, ...
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NASA may have to cancel major space missions due to budget cuts
Potential cuts of up to 50 per cent of NASA's science budget could mean cancelling missions including the Hubble Space Telescope and the Voyager probes ...
NASA showcases progress on Artemis II mission after SpaceX's Starship explosion
NASA showcased advancements in its Artemis II mission as SpaceX deals with the aftermath of its Starship explosion. Kirk ...