On Dec. 2, 1995, NASA launched the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, also known as SOHO. This sun-monitoring satellite is a ...

Commercial spaceflight is booming and looks to go into full-on kaboom stage in the near future, sparking the need for an ever ...

An Australian startup wants to recycle a geostationary satellite to get an up-close look at the "doomsday" asteroid Apophis.

Elon Musk spends plenty of time talking about Mars, but every now and then he swings back to the planet that actually needs ...

Google recently unveiled Project Suncatcher, a research "moonshot" aiming to build a data center in space. The tech giant ...

Elon Musk shares plans for solar-powered AI satellites in orbit, touts Tesla as world leader and targets Optimus scale ...

Though it generated beautiful auroras around the world, the Gannon solar storm in 2024 was also a little dangerous.

India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission will observe the Sun’s peak activity in 2026, studying coronal mass ejections and protecting ...

A sunspot, potentially generating multiple solar flares, may lead to auroras that could be visible as far south as Alabama.

Solar storms and other space weather could present an existential threat to the satellite industry unless its impact can be ...

Space debris – the collection of defunct human-made objects in Earth’s orbit – is already affecting space agencies, companies and astronauts. This debris includes large pieces, such as spent rocket ...