On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and most powerful telescope humans have ever sent into space. It took 30 years to ...
Astronomers value trans-Neptunian objects because they act like time capsules from the Solar System’s early days. Their orbits and compositions can clue us in on how planets and smaller bodies formed ...
Nearly 10 feet tall and powered by a pair of solar arrays, the spacecraft and instruments are protected from the sun's heat by a 4.5-inch-thick carbon-composite shield. During its mission ...
There is good news for Sun botherers: the Parker Solar Probe appears to have survived its close encounter with our nearest star. The probe was just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun as it ...