President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Air Force secretary, Troy Meink, has an extensive space background – experience that could elevate Space Force priorities in the coming years.

Hydrogel is something that most of us are familiar with from it being used in contact lenses, burn dressings, and hair gel.

Euclid space telescope sent some images back to Earth during an early testing phase. While reviewing the pictures, astronomer ...

The Euclid space telescope has, by chance, discovered its first Einstein ring, and it is absolutely stunning. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, this perfectly circular Einstein ring has allowed researchers ...

Rocket bodies tend to be massive and heat resistant, posing an increased risk. Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space ...

Euclid, a space telescope on a mission to uncover the secrets of dark matter and dark energy, has already made a stunning ...

"In 2024, we saw a 17% year-over-year spike in the average number of close approaches in low Earth orbit per satellite." An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to ...

Credit: NOAA As the Trump 2.0 administration begins to take shape, one of the questions orbiting in the beltway space community is whether President-elect Trump will retain the National Space ...

A decade ago humanity launched around 200 objects into space per year. Now we launch more than 2,600, with no prospects for slowing down. This rapid expansion of human activity in outer space has ...

India on Thursday became the fourth country to successfully achieve an unmanned docking in space, a feat seen as pivotal for future missions as New Delhi cements its place as a global space power.

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun If you’ve ever done any public outreach work for astronomy—if you’ve given ...

By Katrina Miller NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry. By Robin George ...