IMAP (short for "Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe") is the primary payload on today's flight. The roughly $600 ...

NASA is set to launch three spacecrafts Tuesday with the goal of unlocking the mysteries of solar weather at the edge of our ...

The spacecraft will study the solar system's edge, magnetic fields in interplanetary space, and remnants of exploded stars.

A British-built instrument has launched aboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), a mission designed ...

Created by the sun, the protective bubble of the heliosphere shields our solar system from harmful radiation. A new mission has launched to map it like never before.

The two NASA missions are the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, or IMAP, and the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off, soaring to the sky over Florida on Tuesday, September 23, launching three advanced space weather probes that would be used on a mission to protect ...

Three new space missions set to launch Tuesday morning. What they entail and why they are critical to future human space flights.

Riding alongside IMAP, NOAA's SWFO-L1 will serve as a dedicated solar alert system, monitoring space weather and energetic ...

Scientists can say two things with certainty about Io. First, this moon of Jupiter is the most volcanic object in the known universe. Its surface is festooned with so many lava-spewing calderas that ...

For years, scientists have treated the Moon as a relic — a silent witness to the Solar System’s ancient past, geologically ...