Before that, the record was held by the Helios 2 spacecraft, which came about 27 million miles from the sun in 1976. "We are basically almost landing on a star," Nour Raouafi, an astrophysicist at ...

The U.S. Navy has developed a directed-energy weapon that can intercept unmanned drones and possibly cruise missiles while ...

In an interview with IE, Mueller explained how his company’s Helios spacecraft could dramatically improve access to geosynchronous orbit and pave the way for future missions to Mars. Tom Mueller ...

The US Navy has made a groundbreaking leap in defense technology with the public demonstration of its new HELIOS laser weapon system, capable of shooting down drones and other threats at the speed ...

The instrument has been developed based on the proven Helios 5 PFIB platform and includes a range of advanced technologies to offer high-performance, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy ...

The Helios 5 DualBeam redefines the standard in high-resolution imaging with high material contrast; easy, rapid, precise, and high-quality sample preparation for S/TEM imaging and atom probe ...

Voyager 2, launched in 1977, will soon find out what the Solar System is like in, and beyond, the heliosphere NASA's Voyager 2 probe has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside ...