This low-cost mission is still only getting started, and it's taking bigger risks than typical big-ticket NASA missions.

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission launched in 2025 to study Mars’ magnetic field and how solar wind has stripped away the planet’s atmosphere over time ...

Students of all disciplines are invited to materialize the futuristic ideas and technologies of Star Trek through a series of courses offered at ASU. The pioneering class, titled Star Trek and ...

The strongest solar flare in half a decade just launched off the sun from the same sunspot group that triggered dazzling auroras last weekend. But don't expect northern lights this time around. When ...

The company is also looking at using its mothership aircraft that releases spacecraft at high altitude as a carrier platform for other customers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Virgin Galactic's future fleet of commercial space planes will now have a home where they will be brought to life starting next year. Virgin Galactic's new "Delta" class space planes are set to take ...

AR3664 is no ordinary sunspot. The behemoth dark patch on the sun's surface has ballooned in recent days, becoming one of the largest and most active sunspots seen this solar cycle. AR3664 garnered ...

In the nearly two weeks since Ars reported on the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts for NASA’s science programs, scientists and Democratic lawmakers have both expressed deep concerns about ...

A quantum computer has reached new heights. The first quantum computer in space is now orbiting Earth on a satellite, scientists report. Launched on June 23, the computer had to be designed to fit in ...