There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope ...

In orbit above Earth, a small spacecraft has quietly crossed a line that space engineers have been approaching for decades, using artificial intelligence to decide how to point itself without waiting ...

In a remote sector of deep space, researchers have identified something unexpected — a signature that hints at molecular ...

The modified Mira launched in January 2025 on SpaceX's Transporter 12 rideshare mission, which hauled 131 payloads to low Earth orbit (LEO). This was the second Mira to reach orbit, as indicated by ...

The US and China both want to be the first to launch a powerful AI data center beyond Earth, but the latter has seemingly ...

Earth will have a visitor within its orbit for the next several decades, according to astronomers. An asteroid named 2025 PN7 has become a "quasi-moon" to Earth, as it will be sharing an orbit with ...

This could be bad news for satellites and spacefarers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A weak spot in Earth's protective magnetic ...

A new research paper produced by a team of scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory could be good news for engineers who design satellites, helping them figure out how to shield the equipment from ...

Researchers are keeping an eye on the building-sized asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon seven years from now.

This is great news for planetary defense. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The path of comet 3I/ATLAS through the solar system has ...

There may be no enterprise that lends itself so well to the camera as space travel. The universe is a riot of color and light ...

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.