The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 1:38 p.m. Eastern, carrying the NROL-48 ...

A small asteroid has been quietly following the Earth around the sun for decades, and this "quasi-moon" is expected to stick ...

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Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

The forests that once sheltered the small town of Roseland are turning brown. A month after a sprawling oil and lubricant ...

India plans "bodyguard satellites" to protect its fleet from collisions, cyberattacks, and geopolitical threats in space.

The arrival of mini moon could draw the attention of private companies and agencies focused on asteroid mining ...

With SpaceX and Starlink, Elon Musk controls more than half the world’s rocket launches and thousands of internet satellites.

A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and ...

In July 2025, floodwaters from a newly formed lake swept away a major bridge connecting Nepal and China, killing at least ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

Supriya Chakrabarti, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Director, Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology will ...