In 2026, astronauts will travel around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will ...

A “natural history” approach to space exploration would take into account instead developments in the fields of physics, ...

Sedna is drifting into a part of its path where human technology can finally contemplate catching up, and that window will not reopen for roughly the span of recorded civilization. Its 11,400 year ...

Vision of future solar cell fabrication on the Moon, utilizing raw regolith. Shown are robots that source raw regolith and bring it to a production facility, which fabricates perovskite-based moon ...

At times, the sun ejects energetic material into space, which can have consequences for space-based and even ground-based ...

Humanity has explored the Moon and sent robots to Mars, but the Solar System is just our cradle. What happens when we decide ...

China envisions exploring the solar system, and it seems that would happen soon. The country launched Tianwen-2, an innovative space probe tasked with retrieving samples from an uncharted asteroid and ...

A new design for a nuclear-powered rocket could be the key to making the solar system more accessible. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Introduction: NASA's solar system exploration paradigm : the first fifty years and a look at the next fifty / James L. Green and Kristen J. Erickson -- Part I. Overview. Exploring the Solar System : ...

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access the inner planets. Now the results are in, and we can do interesting ...

Pt. 1. The golden age, 1957-1982. The beginning -- Of landers and orbiters -- The grandest tour -- Pt. 2. Hiatus and renewal, 1983-1996. The decade of Halley -- The era of flagships -- Faster, cheaper ...