The concept of the Kessler syndrome is that the area around Earth gets too crowded to a point where we reach a saturation point where collisions begin and cannot be stopped. "Spent rockets, satellites ...

Much as we may treasure and proclaim our independence, we actually live in a protective bubble called the heliosphere.

The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. The discovery represents "the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars," NASA acting ...

It could mean two bright comets will be visible in the night sky at the same time, on the peak night of a meteor shower. Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN), or SWAN R2 for short, was discovered on Sept. 12 by ...

Live updates from Thursday morning’s SpaceX Starlink 10-61 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded in lasers can be reliably transmitted, received, and decoded after traveling millions of miles from Earth ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Sun's corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be seen in the footage it captured. Credit: Space.com | NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Na ...

TRAPPIST-1, a planetary system 40 light years from Earth, could host a planet with an atmosphere and liquid water, but astronomers can’t be certain just yet.

Nearly 20% of Americans have never received flowers from their partner Nearly 20% of Americans have never received flowers ...

NASA to stream Sept. 23 IMAP mission launch aboard SpaceX IMAP to study solar wind and heliosphere science at Lagrange Point ...

A supply ship has arrived at the International Space Station after a day's delay due to a premature engine shutdown ...

Blue Origin launched its 35th New Shepard suborbital mission this morning (Sept. 18) after a nearly four-week delay. The uncrewed flight, known as NS-35, lifted off today from Blue Origin 's West ...