The spacecraft will study the heliosphere, a vast bubble created by the Sun's solar wind. This bubble acts like a shield, ...

The sun has become increasingly active since 2008, a new NASA study shows. Solar activity is known to fluctuate in cycles of 11 years, but there are longer-term variations that can last decades. Case ...

SummaryNASA's new Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, or IMAP, will launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 23 to ...

NASA’s IMAP mission, led by Princeton University’s David McComas, will study the heliosphere — the invisible electromagnetic ...

A coalition of scientists and historians are floating a long-shot plan to retrieve orbiting relics—raising questions about ...

The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is being launched later this month to study the outer reaches of the ...

Nasa research reveals that the Sun’s activity has been steadily increasing since 2008, reversing decades of decline. This unexpected surge is driving stronger solar winds and more frequent solar ...

It’s hard to fix a flat tire on Mars or the Moon. In fact, it’s almost impossible. So, when NASA sends out a rover or any sort of wheeled explorer, it needs to make sure there are no accidents. This ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third ISO ever detected. It was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) ...

•The Macomb Library for the Blind’s (MLBPD) Vision Network will meet from 10 a.m.-noon Sept. 23 at the Main Library and will screen an audio described movie on the big screen. For information on MLBPD ...

Nearly a decade has passed since an international team of scientists, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, ...

When most people imagine the vastness of space, they picture a dark void with plenty of observable objects. Planets, stars, and other galaxies often come to mind when picturing what space actually ...