Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...
Grist17d
Earth’s orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse.
All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the ...
SETI Institute1d
Exploring HD 20794 d: A Super-Earth Laboratory for Habitability
The confirmed discovery of exoplanets revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Among the thousands of confirmed exoplanets, HD 20794 d in particular, recently attracted attention for a unique ...
Space.com4d
Rocket Lab launches 8 wildfire-hunting satellites into orbit from New Zealand (video)
These Phase 1 satellites, as OroraTech has designated them, will orbit at a steep 97-degree inclination, at an altitude of 340 miles (550 kilometers) above Earth, and are the humble beginning in a ...
Fox News21d
Space Force's mysterious X-37B plane returns to Earth after 434 days in orbit
The United States Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane touched down to earth on Friday after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The unmanned Boeing-made aircraft landed ...
GMA Network29d
Study reveals how Earth's orbit controls ice ages
That's according to a new study published Thursday in Science, which analyzed how subtle shifts in Earth's orbit around the Sun have historically triggered massive climate changes. A research team ...
Space.com5d
Space pirates already have their sights set on the 'high seas' of Earth orbit. Can we stop them?
"However, we think that the increasingly commercial nature of space will result in attacks, physical and digital, on space assets, probably starting with disruptions of Earth-based space assets ...
The Columbian19d
Study says climate change will even make Earth’s orbit a mess
Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. MIT researchers calculated that as global ...
Global News19d
Climate change could even make Earth’s orbit a mess: study
Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. Part of the greenhouse effect that warms the ...
Winnipeg Free Press4d
Low-earth orbit, high expectations
He’s hopeful Telesat will act as a Starlink replacement. Telesat intends to launch 198 low-earth orbit satellites beginning in 2026. It touts its future services as being able to connect rural ...
New York Post21d
Mysterious Space Force ship back on Earth after 434 days in orbit
A secretive Space Force ship has returned to earth after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The Boeing-made X-37B vessel was quietly launched by SpaceX in 2023 from NASA’s ...