During a close approach to the Sun, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter watched that tipping point unfold in unusually ...

For the first time, astronomers have captured X-ray portraits of a comet from beyond our solar system, are providing a ...

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

The solar electrical power industry may be ready for its moment in the sun. It's still true that solar sources generate less than 1% of total U.S. electricity vs. the 70% generated from industrial-age ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has turned into one of the strangest visitors in the recent history of the solar system, ...

Cosmic rays, consisting predominantly of high-energy protons and nuclei originating from distant astrophysical sources, interact continuously with the solar wind and the heliospheric magnetic fields.

At times, the sun ejects energetic material into space, which can have consequences for space-based and even ground-based electronic technology. Researchers aim to understand this phenomenon and find ...

The SXDUs consist of X-ray Detector Modules (XDMs), analog electronic units (AEUs), a data processing unit (DPU), and a power supply unit (PSU). Collimators are positioned in front of the XDMs to ...