"This mission's trailblazing research is rewriting the textbooks on solar science by going to a place no human-made object ...

Solar storms captured the imagination of much of the American public earlier this year when auroras were visible well south of their typical northern areas. As the sun ramps into another solar ...

Unlike traditional propulsion systems that rely on chemical or electric engines, solar sails utilize the constant stream of ...

Instead, it would literally fall into the sun. To stay in such an orbit, a spacecraft would need another constant outward force. A solar sail could provide that continuous push, and the ...

Flying on the power of the sun is definitely not a new idea ... the Hackaday prize as well as an actual seafaring solar powered unmanned sail boat that crossed the North Atlantic.

The solar sail generates power by using photons emitted by the sun, similar to how a sailboat uses wind. By doing so, a spacecraft can travel in space for a long time without a separate power source.