To get there, we'll need plenty of new technologies, and a recent paper ... system. In that case, the authors calculate that it could deliver a payload of almost 18,000 kg to the solar ...

face. Around Halloween 2021, NASA launched the Lucy mission on a journey to a part of our solar system that has swarms of mysterious Trojan asteroids. And the spacecraft is actually named for a ...

Now, over 45 years later, these incredible probes are detecting something mysterious beyond the edge of our solar system. In this video, we explore the groundbreaking discoveries made by ...

Out in the solar system, ice can get bizarre ... HOWELL: What I'm most excited about, coming from a background in studying plate tectonics here on Earth, we see systems of rigid, icy plates ...

Since some of those space rocks date back to the very early days of our solar system—and have remained unchanged since their formation—they can provide clues about the environment in which our ...