Asteroid 9 Metis reaches opposition at 2 A.M. EDT in the constellation Libra — not far from...
Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, May 9Asteroid 9 Metis reaches...
The Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 is expected to fall to Earth on May 10, but exactly...
Over the past decade or so, astronomers have speculated about the characteristics of rogue planets in the...
Neutron, designed to lift up to 13,000 kg to low Earth orbit, remains on schedule for its...
China has released comprehensive regulations for direct-to-device satellite services, laying the foundation for domestic growth of the...
German defense contractor Rheinmetall plans to start building synthetic aperture radar satellites next year with Finnish SAR...
One of the unanswered questions in astronomy is just how supermassive black holes grew so big, so...
After a pair of satellites failed to reach their desired orbit around the moon last year, China...
Located between Mars and Jupiter lies Vesta, the second-largest body within the main asteroid belt. For generations,...
The most massive stars in the Milky Way contain one hundred times more mass than the Sun,...
Northern Cepheus contains a strange nebula with a very long name. Gyulbudaghian’s Nebula (JAI-al-boo-dag-ian) was discovered by...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has advanced three companies — CACI, General Atomics and Viasat —...
The Virtual Telescope Project aims to observe the anticipated reentry of the former Soviet Union's Cosmos 482...
DoD’s commercial tech push creates integration headaches The post Military satellite program highlights role of ‘mission integrators’...
NASA is no longer asking U.S. companies for proposals to get the ice-hunting VIPER rover to the...
NASA has released three new pieces of cosmic sound that are associated with the densest and darkest...
Recent sighting of spacecraft and debris burning through the atmosphere during their plummet back to Earth offer...
Mercury is released by environmental and human-driven processes. Some forms, specifically methylmercury, are toxic to humans. Therefore,...
The U.S. Space Force tested a new propulsion system designed for satellites that will keep tabs on...