TN17, a massive space rock the size of the Taj Mahal, is racing towards Earth at 77,282 km/h and is classified as potentially ...

It's official - space is a war-fighting domain. Who says so? The British, the Americans, Nato and, among many other nations, ...

Operators follow a 25-year rule: at this point, a satellite’s mission is deemed to have ended and it is lowered into the atmosphere where gravity and friction kicks in. While this helps clear space, ...

In the first few months of 2025, there's been a flurry of private venture space missions. Some have been successful, such as ...

Astronomers are racing to protect the dark skies as private companies seek to place large advertisements in Earth orbit ...

The country supports some of the world’s most important satellites. But experts worry about its proximity to Russia.

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...

Turns out, there’s a lot more floating around the planet Saturn than those famous rings. Space scientists announced last week they’ve discovered Saturn has 128 more moons, for a total of 274, far more ...

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...

Greenhouse gases are doing more than warming our planet — they're reshaping space itself. As emissions cool and shrink the ...

Satellites connect people around the world but they also interfere with astronomers’ views of the cosmos. There are ways to ...