At the edge of the heliosphere, the solar wind runs up against the interstellar medium, the gas, dust, and radiation in the ...

The spacecraft will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, study how Earth’s outer atmosphere reacts to solar activity and ...

IMAP (short for "Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe") is the primary payload on today's flight. The roughly $600 ...

Some animals, called extremophiles, can survive even the harshest conditions possible, like the inside of a volcano or even outer space.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A cluster of space weather satellites blasted off Wednesday morning to cast fresh eyes on solar ...

Africa is working to cement its own status in space. In May 2025, it “established the continent’s first space agency to boost Earth observation and data sharing,” said Bloomberg. This came at a time ...

That may be about to change: NASA is preparing a brand new mission that will travel 1 million miles away from Earth in order to map the boundaries of the heliosphere, offering clues to scientists ...

A trio of space missions just launched, set to deepen our understanding of the sun's influence and protect Earth from the ...

Each vehicle from this “triple launch” is tasked with investigating different aspects of the dynamic interactions between the ...

Liftoff is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. ET today (Sept. 24). SpaceX will launch NASA's ambitious IMAP mission and two other space weather probes early Wednesday morning (Sept. 24), and you can watch the ...

NASA is launching three new spacecraft that will map space weather. NASA IMAP expert Dave McComas joined FOX6 WakeUp to share more.

The aurora borealis is a spectacle of space weather, but solar flares and coronal mass ejections have far more Earthly ...