NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's IMAP mission will give Earthlings a sort of early warning system when solar weather may affect satellites and global ...

NASA is gearing up to launch the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), a mission aimed at exploring the farthest reaches of our solar system. Scheduled for launch on September 23, IMAP ...

SpaceX is preparing to launch three spacecraft on a first-of-its-kind mission to study the sun's influence throughout the solar system, from Earth's atmosphere to the edge of interstellar space. A ...

A NASA mission to study the heliosphere—the sun's magnetic bubble that shields our solar system—and develop a better understanding of space weather was launched from the agency's Kennedy Space Center ...

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has reached its destination of the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

NASA's IMAP mission and two other space weather probes took flight atop a Falcon 9 rocket today (Sept. 24). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

This article has been updated to reflect a change in the launch day/time. A suite of three missions which will study the Sun’s influence on our Earth and solar system are set to launch next week. NASA ...

NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission is scheduled for launch, deploying to the Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point to map the heliosphere. IMAP will utilize ten scientific ...

This story has been updated to reflect a new scheduled launch time, Weds., Sept. 24. On Wednesday, Sept. 24, a Falcon 9 rocket will break the bonds of gravity while carrying the Interstellar Mapping ...

A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft that will study space weather are traveling through space atop a single SpaceX rocket. By Kenneth Chang A SpaceX rocket launched on Wednesday morning ...