A new NASA mission will capture images of Earth's invisible "halo," the faint light given off by our planet's outermost atmospheric layer, the exosphere, as it morphs and changes in response to the ...

On Sept. 23, a spacecraft will launch with a clear mission — to keep a constant watch on the sun to help protect Earth from space weather. The satellite, Space Weather Follow-On L1 (SWFO-L1), is ...

Three missions aimed at observing space weather are set to launch Sept. 23 from Florida. Here's what to know about NASA's IMAP and more.

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 ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Sun's corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be seen in the footage it captured. Credit: Space.com | NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Na ...

NASA to stream Sept. 23 IMAP mission launch aboard SpaceX IMAP to study solar wind and heliosphere science at Lagrange Point ...

That may be about to change: NASA is preparing a brand new mission that will travel 1 million miles away from Earth in order to map the boundaries of the heliosphere, offering clues to scientists ...

U.S. and Chinese military and space operations have often been captured in satellite imagery in recent years, including ...

Stargazers can tune in to the Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube stream beginning at 11 p.m. EDT on Sept. 17 (3:00 GMT Sept.

Updates from SpaceX Nusantara Lima's mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our planet in a similar orbit for 60 years.

NASA is preparing to launch a new observatory that will help scientists better understand space weather and the protective ...