If there are enough of them, these solar panels can completely power the system, allowing an upward-facing BPT to operate without being tied into the ISS's power grid and keeping the approach ...

A large team of researchers working on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Collaboration, which has been analyzing eleven years' ...

The space station and one other Easter egg — the site of NASA's next human moon landing — are hidden in this lucky photo.

On its own, 24 kWh doesn't seem like a lot of power. The problem is that we will need a lot of kilograms. The researchers ...

In 2022, we ran Solar Revolution, an editorial series that explored how humans can fully harness the power of the sun. The main photo of the International Space Station solar array is by NASA via ...

Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...

Launched into Earth's orbit last June, GOES-19 is the newest addition to NOAA's fleet, equipped with a sensor called the ...

adding that the ISS has "a haphazard-looking design with the way the radiators jut out and the solar panels jut out," next to the moon's rugged, natural craters. It was daytime, which lends the ...

The International Space Station passed through a stunning aurora and captured it dancing above a country where city lights ...

The $34.9 million award will launch the Space Power and Propulsion for Agility, Responsiveness and Resilience Institute — ...

In a world that must urgently move away from fossil fuels to limit global warming, what does Africa’s long-term energy future look like ... the blog of the ISS’s African Futures programme.