While not an alien spacecraft, 'Oumuamua was an interstellar object (ISO), which came from another planetary system far, far away — and traveled at the blazingly fast speed of 196,000 miles per ...

"This mission's trailblazing research is rewriting the textbooks on solar science by going to a place no human-made object has ever been." NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its ...

March 27 (UPI) --The European Space Agency announced Thursday the Gaia spacecraft was turned off after a decade of data gathering. A control team at the ESA's European Space Operations Center ...

The car-sized spacecraft swooped within 8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun's surface at a whopping 430,000 miles per hour (692,000 kilometers per hour), matching the historic ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Rocket Lab has launched its workhorse Electron rocket for the third time in two weeks.

SpaceX launched a stack of Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California and returned the booster to Earth Friday afternoon (March 26). The Falcon 9 rocket flying the mission, Starlink 11 ...

The Piazza della Signoria is also filled with its (more than) fair share of sculptures, including a towering replica of Michaelangelo's David. Take your time wandering around, and if you get tired ...

This ornate square is known for its spectacular views and its towering replica of Michelangelo's David. Getting to the piazza can be quite the trek on foot, yet a meandering path in front of and ...

The mission went smoothly. Based on initial data, the company asked regulators for its fleet to be allowed to operate at lower altitudes than originally planned, and the FCC agreed. The first 60 ...

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Credit: European Space Agency / CC BY-SA 3.0 The European Space Agency (ESA) officially shut down its Gaia spacecraft mission, a landmark project that mapped nearly 2 billion stars and reshaped our ...