A natural satellite is simply a celestial object that orbits a planet or a smaller body. Unlike the ones we build and send up ...

One of the ways that scientists study solar wind—charged particles streaming from the sun’s surface—is by observing the sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona. But because the sun is so blindingly ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has achieved a rather unusual yet cool feat: successfully creating and maintaining artificial solar eclipses in space with its Proba-3 mission. This all comes down to ...

Two European satellites took photographs of a recent experiment, taken while facing the sun, where they mimicked the circumstances that cause a total solar eclipse. Launched last year, the Proba-3 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a full-scale reproduction of ...

Astronaut Don Pettit captured a stunning video from the ISS of a SpaceX Starlink satellite train streaking over Earth's ...

WASHINGTON — Despite a surge in satellite deployments, the fundamental operating model for spacecraft hasn’t evolved much since Sputnik launched in 1957: build it, launch it, use it, discard it. This ...