The risk of a cosmic body striking the Earth—or exploding in the atmosphere—may be higher in 2032 and 2036, researchers have ...
Police said the object appeared to be "a composite-overwrapped pressure vessel or rocket tank" consistent with "aerospace ...
Re-entering Earth’s atmosphere is one of the most dangerous phases of any space mission. This video explains how spacecraft ...
The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has astonished astronomers by turning distinctly blue and rapidly brightening as it neared ...
A piece of flaming suspected space junk has landed in the desert in Western Australia, prompting fresh concerns the much ...
When a satellite’s time ends, agencies may decide to send it further away to an altitude of 36,000 km above the Earth’s surface to the geostationary orbit, also known as the larger graveyard orbit, or ...
The company announced Thursday that its ongoing test campaign and infrastructure expansion have positioned Starship to ...
To be clear, the U.S. is still in a better position than any nation on Earth to lead humanity to the ‘Golden Age’ of space exploration. Let’s not let that golden age turn instead into fool’s gold.
The images taken by two Mars orbiters show a bright, fuzzy white dot of the comet, also known as 3I/ATLAS, appearing to move against a backdrop of distant stars.
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet continues to grow, but as it does, it’s been bringing lots of unexpected side effects with it. According to astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell from the ...
The passage of 3I/ATLAS through our solar system is not a threat this time, but it is a wake-up call. The alarm has rung. Are ...
In this episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Terry Hart, former NASA astronaut and mission specialist on ...