In a dazzling first, two European spacecraft —flying in millimeter-perfect formation — have created an artificial solar ...

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, ...

To reach Earth’s closest star system, Alpha Centauri, scientists are building a laser-powered spacecraft. To pull off interstellar travel, a spacecraft must be very light; therefore, it’s essential to ...

The company is developing a larger vehicle, named Helios, that could meaningfully improve the ability of SpaceX's Falcon 9 ...

This week an in-space propulsion company, Impulse Space, announced that it had raised a significant amount of money, $300 ...

Launched in 1976 through a joint NASA and German Aerospace Center mission, Helios 2 was build to study solar wind and magnetic fields near the Sun. The spacecraft approached within 43 million ...

In 1974, scientists sent a $260 million probe into space to study the Sun and solar processes. Helios 1 was a collaboration between American and German scientists to study deep space, and it was ...

Within two months of launching, the Parker Solar Probe in October 2018 moved within 26.55 million miles of the sun's surface, breaking the previous mark set by the Helios-2 spaecraft in 1976.

Within two months of launching, the Parker Solar Probe in October 2018 moved within 26.55 million miles of the sun's surface, breaking the previous mark set by the Helios-2 spaecraft in 1976.