Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

In 2018, The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded Northrop Grumman a $100M contract to develop a payload to demonstrate key components of a space solar power system. Called Arachne, it ...

Southwest Research Institute has delivered the novel Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument for final ...

NASA has revealed that they have sent a man-made machine further than they ever have before, and they said they made an odd ...

The Milky Way may merge with the Large Magellanic Cloud in 2 billion years, not Andromeda, contrary to previous findings.

The entire solar system, ours at least, sits inside a pocket of low density called the Local Hot Bubble (LHB). This cavity in space is 1,000 light-years across, at least, and tips the thermometer ...

Portal Space Systems opens its doors for a sneak preview of solar propulsion system by Alan Boyle on March 17, 2025 at 6:53 pm March 17, 2025 at 7:45 pm Share 199 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...

Google Maps in Space lets you "walk" the surface of the Moon, Mars, Venus, and other entities in the Solar System, as well as the International Space Station. Here's how to use it.

On the season finale of Dead Planets Society, our hosts Chelsea Whyte and Leah Crane are sending Earth on a voyage through the cosmos – and taking the entire solar system along for the ride.

BOTHELL, Wash. — From the outside, Portal Space Systems’ headquarters looks like a standard-issue office space in a Bothell ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping ...