NASA satellite crash 2026: The Sun's 'solar maximum' drags a 14-year-old probe to Earth 8 years early — and more are ahead

A 14-year-old NASA satellite that wasn't supposed to return until 2034 crashed into Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday morning, dragged down eight years early by the most hyperactive solar cycle in ...
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NASA is about to 'touch' the sun. Here's what you need to know.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is about to make its closest approach to the sun. The spacecraft will fly within 3.8 million miles of the solar surface. The spacecraft is collecting essential data ...
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NASA's building a solar sail to propel space exploration

Video shows NASA's futuristic solar sail technology prototype. Like a sail on the ocean propels a boat with the wind, this space sail is meant to propel payloads by harnessing the pressure of ...

Big coronal mass ejection from sun's farside via SOHO spacecraft

The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured a coronal mass ejection erupt from the far side of the Sun. Credit: ESA/NASA/SOHO | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ...
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What NASA detected deep inside the sun is shocking scientists

Using advanced solar observatories and spacecraft such as NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and helioseismic instruments, scientists ...