Front Lines,’ Christopher McFadden’s’ column, examines warfare past, present, and future. McFadden analyzes cutting-edge ...

As space junk increases, more operators are choosing to launch without any insurance at all. To compensate, companies are ...

The QUICK³ nano satellite will test components for future quantum satellite systems. The goal is to enable rapid and secure ...

Your satellite dish: Your dish receives and transmits data.; Orbiting satellites: Satellites in outer space receive information from your satellite dish and route requests back to Earth, to data ...

A small satellite about the size of a shoebox has been launched into space to test exciting new quantum communication ...

Before GPS guided our every move and satellite imagery tracked everything from storms to soil, Americans were just beginning ...

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses through precise and fancy formation flying.

In science-fiction stories, companies often mine the moon or asteroids. While this may seem far-fetched, this idea is edging ...

Two European satellites created an "artificial total solar eclipse" in space, the European Space Agency announced June 16, delivering data that will improve scientists' understanding of the sun ...

The UK has launched a £75.6 million bid to build a spaceship to clear space debris, including satellites. Officials say the ...

Flying 492 feet (150 meters) apart, one satellite blocks the sun like the moon does during a natural total solar eclipse as the other aims its telescope at the corona, the sun’s outer atmosphere ...