The NICER telescope developed a light leak in May 2023 when several thin thermal shields were damaged and let in sunlight ...

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This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

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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.

In an unprecedented achievement, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has reached a historic milestone: the spacecraft has successfully ...

A record-setting flyby for Parker Solar Probe Published Jan 2, 2025 Video. NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever ...

For the first time, scientists have imaged the elusive south pole of the sun. The images captured by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal our star's magnetic field is a powder keg ready to blow.

A satellite launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) has captured the first ever images of the sun's south pole.

We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe recorded an unprecedented plasma explosion in the Sun's corona, with a jet of particles blasting toward the star's surface. This rare event produced a sunward jet of plasma ...