Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.
Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...
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Inside radioisotope generators, the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraftHow do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...
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Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our ...
The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...
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Interstellar objects are among the last unexplored classes of solar system objects, holding tantalizing information about primitive materials from exoplanetary star systems. They pass through our ...
World-renowned Greek astrophysicist Stamatios Krimigis says that a human settlement on Mars is a distant dream.
Donaldjohanson, a main belt asteroid, could be a relic of a cosmic collision that took place 150 million years ago.
Outlining plans for living and working on Mars, the space agency is focusing on oxygen, food, water, power, spacesuits, ...
Space is getting crowded — humans have now placed over 20,000 satellites into orbit since the start of the space age, and ...
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