The ailing state of the International Space Station (ISS) serves as a sad indicator of shifting priorities amid reports that ...

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. Several months later, the U.S. sent Explorer I into space. With two small objects ...

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Astronaut Don Pettit, who has been at the International Space Station since September, is set to land Saturday in Kazakhstan ...

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have discovered a truly bizarre planet — one that orbits two stars at a perfect 90-degree angle. This “polar planet” circles a rare eclipsing pair of brown ...

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Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system. Most of them are in single-star systems, ...

"Polar orbit" means that instead of orbiting in the same plane as where the two stellar objects are located, the planet’s orbit is 90 degrees to that plane, as you can see in the image above. This ...

We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The ...

Photographer extraordinaire Don Pettit is about to return to Earth following a seven-month stay aboard the space station. Take a moment to enjoy his best work.

Gayle King defends Blue Origin space flight after herself, Katy Perry, and the other participants received backlash for going to space for 11 minutes.

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