NASA's New Solar Sail Spacecraft Will Shine So Bright We'll See It From Earth
13 Apr 2024, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA is getting ready to launch a new solar sail prototype that promises to revolutionize research in this field
NASA to Launch Rockets at the Moon's Shadow During Solar Eclipse
26 Mar 2024, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA will launch three sounding rockets into the atmosphere during the solar eclipse to see what the event does to the ionosphere
How to Take NASA-Style Photos of the Great North American Eclipse and Not Lose Your Sight
22 Mar 2024, 19:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA gives a few pointers on how safely take photos of the Great North American Eclipse taking place in April
2024 Great North American Eclipse to Help NASA Prove the Roundness of the Sun
21 Feb 2024, 10:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA is enlisting the help of civilians to track Baily's beads on the Moon during April's total solar eclipse and learn more about the Sun
It's Absolutely Scary How Massive Black Holes Are, Ton 618 Is 60 Billion Solar Masses
10 May 2023, 13:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA releases an animation video showing then of the known black holes in our Universe and how large they are compared to our solar system
Video Shows Dying Star Devouring a Jupiter-Sized Planet, It Will Happen to Earth Too
4 May 2023, 10:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the first time ever humans see what happens when a star turns into a red giant and how it devours nearby planets during its expansion
Solar Particles May Have Provided the Jolt Life Needed to Be Born on Earth
3 May 2023, 10:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new study into the effects of the Sun on the emergence of life on Earth points to high-velocity particles providing the needed energy
Supernovae Can Kill Life on Planets 160 Light Years Away, Our Sun Will Do Something Worse
21 Apr 2023, 11:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / New data coming from the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals a new threat for life on Earth-like planets coming from supernovae: X-ray radiation
Solar Wind Moves at 1 Million MPH And We Now Have An(other) Idea on How It Gets Going
12 Jan 2023, 12:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Parker Solar Probe data compiled with data from other instruments point to solar jetlets as the likely cause of solar winds
NASA Claims the Sun is Having a Temper Tantrum, Solar Flared Eight Times in One Week
17 Oct 2022, 10:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As the Sun completes its rotation, swirling storms of plasma the size of planets can be seen hurdling away from its surface.
The Sun Is Getting Increasingly Nervous as Fastest Spacecraft Ever Approaches It Once More
2 Sep 2022, 09:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Parker Solar Probe is getting ready to make its 13th close approach to the Sun, at a time when it could encounter solar flares
Dying Star Shreds Planetary System to Bits, It’s Now Eating Some Leftovers
16 Jun 2022, 12:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / New data based on Hubble observation was released, it shows what happens to planetary systems once their sun dies out and becomes a white dwarf
It Takes Almost Two of Our Years for Christmas to Come Around Over on Mars
5 Jun 2022, 02:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Because of its distance to the Sun and slower speed, it takes Mars no less than 687 of our days to complete a revolution around the star.
Every Now and Then, Mars Rovers Lose Touch With Earth. Here’s What Happens Then
28 May 2022, 02:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Short (and old) video explains how scientists here on Earth can keep directing the hardware on Mars during solar conjunctions
Invisible Solar Hedgehog Reveals Itself in Extremely Detailed Videos of Our Sun
19 May 2022, 13:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Images sent back by the European Solar Orbiter are just now beginning to surface, and the wonders it reveals are beyond imagination for space enthusiats
Watch Tonight's Rare Black Moon Take a "Bite" Out of the Sun
30 Apr 2022, 15:00 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Tonight, a rare Black Moon will be positioned between the Sun and Earth, causing the first partial solar eclipse of 2022
Solar Jet Hunting Is the New Extreme Sport for the Eyes of Amateur Astronomers
3 Apr 2022, 03:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The University of Minnesota and NASA completed the first stage of a global research effort meant to map solar jets over the past 11 years
Solar Orbiter Probe Stares at the Sun, Takes Insanely High-Res Photo of Our Star
25 Mar 2022, 04:14 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / ESA's Solar Orbiter has snapped the highest-resolution image of the Sun from a distance that's about halfway between Earth and its star
Solar Orbiter Spacecraft Reaches New Milestone as It Marches Towards the Sun
9 Mar 2022, 03:42 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter is racing towards its first close passage of the Sun. The spacecraft will reach the closest approach to the star on March 26th
Massive Solar Eruption Spanning for Millions of Miles Detected, There’s Some Good News
18 Feb 2022, 10:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Solar Orbiter spacecraft just detected the “largest solar prominence eruption ever observed in a single image together with the full solar disc”