Solar Orbiter to perform its riskiest flyby before heading to the sun
This week, the Solar Orbiter will perform its riskiest flyby, dipping through the ring of space debris that surrounds Earth before whipping away toward the sun.
See views of Venus flybys captured during two close encounters
Venus has been a hotspot in the solar system this week, as two different missions have captured footage of their flybys of the planet.
Two different spacecraft will be swinging by Venus this week
Venus enters the spotlight as the planet hosts two different craft performing flybys to gain a gravitational boost on their way to other destinations.
Solar Orbiter captures incredible video of a coronal mass ejection
European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has captured video of an explosion of plasma from the sun, called a coronal mass ejection, for the first time.