Scientists hope that the craft will also be able to help answer some big questions, including how are solar winds formed and what heats up the upper layers of the Sun atmosphere.

Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ...

"Thanks to the high resolution of our new images, we detected a faint structure on the northeast side of this supernova ...

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump's nominee for NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, was arrested on fraud charges in 2010 ...

New images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft are giving scientists the clearest view yet of the sun’s volatile lower atmosphere and unlocking critical insights into the forces behind solar eruptions ...

The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter is studying the Sun like never before. Just two months ago, it used Venus to leave ...

Exactly 35 years ago this week, the Hubble Space Telescope was released from the Space Shuttle Discovery cargo hatch. Four ...

The close alignment of Venus, Saturn, and a crescent moon created a formation resembling a smiling face during a rare cosmic event.

Skywatchers worldwide are in for a charming cosmic display before the sun rises Friday, as three celestial bodies will appear ...

San Antonio-built satellites on mission to stare at the sun, opened their eyes and tested their thrusters for the first time last week.

ESA has compiled the largest image of our sun to date from 200 individual images taken by the Solar Orbiter. It shows the ...

Solar Orbiter began routine science operations in 2021 and has since looped ever closer to the Sun, stealing bits of speed ...