Watch Nasa’s ‘Son of Concorde’ supersonic plane of the future take off on maiden flight – complete with sonic ‘thump’

WATCH as engineers get one step closer to supersonic travel for the first time since Concorde, after NASA’s “sonic thump” ...
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See Comet 96P Macholz's Stunning Sun Flyby In Multiple Spacecraft Views

Watch Comet 96P/Macholz brighten as it flies by the sun in these time-lapses captured by the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric ...
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Sun Blasts Strong M7.9 Solar Flare Viewed From NASA Spacecraft

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a M7.9-class solar flare. See footage of the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: ...
USA Today

What are sounding rockets? NASA launch from New Mexico studies sun's mysterious chromosphere

States like Florida, Texas and California are no strangers to routine rocket launches − but New Mexico? Spacecraft also sometimes get off the ground from the state. Space news coverage may be ...
Onmanorama

Tracking solar winds to spy the Sun? NASA's PUNCH Space Mission head explains

This was the first solar wind that was tracked by NASA's PUNCH Mission, a constellation of four 'travel bag'-sized small ...
CBS News

NASA says solar activity is increasing after decades-long lull: "The sun is slowly waking up"

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather and technology on Earth, NASA announced this week. A new research, ...