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NASA prepares for intense sun storms on Mars during 'solar maximum'
Space via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoAs the sun reaches solar maximum, Mars spacecraft are preparing to study the effects of increased...
Harnessing Sunbeams for Space Travel: NASA’s Solar Sail Mission Successfully Phones Home
SciTechDaily· 8 hours agoNASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has successfully established communication with ground...
NASA's Solar Sail Makes First Contact From Space Before Stretching Its Enormous Wings
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoNearly a week after launching to space, a microwave-sized cubesat phoned home for the first time as...
NASA's Next-Gen Spacecraft Test Will Soar Through Space with an 800-Square-Foot Solar Sail
Sci Fi Wire· 5 days agoIn order for the crew of SYFY’s The Ark to get to another star system, they’d need a spacecraft that...
NASA on Alert: Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars
SciTechDaily· 14 hours agoThe Sun will be at peak activity this year, providing a rare opportunity to study how solar storms...
North Jersey student wins NASA's national high school writing competition
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoLiu is the national high school division winner of its Power to Explore Challenge, NASA announced....
Rare quadruple solar flare event captured by NASA
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSimilar activity will likely increase as the sun nears its 'solar maximum.' Earlier this week, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO ...
NASA's latest speed test logs its laser-based comms system at 25 Mbps—a connection speed usually...
PC Gamer· 1 day agoNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had previously figured out to use lasers to beam a video of...
Asteroid Ryugu holds secrets of our solar system's past, present and future
Space via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoSamples of asteroid Ryugu, collected by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, have revealed the impact solar...
Big Science Drives Wallops’ Upgrades for NASA Suborbital Missions - NASA
NASA· 12 hours ago“Just generally, science payloads are getting larger and more complex,” said astrophysicist Alan...