It is an invisible shield made up of charged particles from the sun that creates a protective bubble around our entire solar system.Sign up for our NewslettersNASA is about to launch space probes to study the heliosphere as part of a program called the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe.

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded in lasers can be reliably transmitted, received, and decoded after traveling millions of miles from Earth at distances comparable to Mars.

President Trump’s proposed NASA budget looks to drop 41 science missions including 19 that are operational in space. The new space weather missions, though, are more closely tied to his

NASA has barred Chinese nationals, including those holding valid U.S. visas, from its facilities and programs, cutting off access to research, internal networks and physical worksites. The restrictions,

On December 11th, 2023, the demonstration achieved a historic first by streaming an ultra-high-definition video to Earth from over 19 million miles away (about 80 times the distance between Earth and the Moon), at the system’s maximum bitrate of 267 megabits per second.

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather, NASA said.

NASA is set to launch three spacecrafts Tuesday with the goal of unlocking the mysteries of solar weather at the edge of our solar system.

NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates were introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United States. The class now will complete nearly two years of training before becoming eligible for flight assignments supporting future science and exploration missions to low Earth orbit,

Quantum Space is acquiring propulsion technologies and facilities from Phase Four to support development of its Ranger maneuverable spacecraft.