For example, in September 2020, it flew within 8.4 million ... said during a recent NASA livestream. While flying so close to the sun doesn't hold any promise of discovering alien life there ...
The secrets of the solar wind will soon come under renewed scrutiny thanks to the launch of an upcoming NASA mission that will gaze at the sun and the inner solar system. The mission, called PUNCH ...
Potentially hazardous asteroids measure more than about 460 feet in size and have orbits that bring them as close as within 4.6 million miles of the Earth's orbit around the Sun, NASA says.
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) recently passed within 8 million miles of the Sun, capturing the attention of astronomers. Observed by NASA and ESA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), the comet ...
SpaceX’s Falcon rocket provided a lift from Vandenberg for a quartet of NASA satellites called Punch. From their own separate polar orbit, the satellites will observe the sun’s corona ...
Perseverance is pushing the limits of Martian science by using its SHERLOC instrument to detect organic compounds, but harsh ...