"Ending 2024 with a historic approach!" Astroscale posted online. "Our ADRAS-J mission has achieved the closest ever approach ...

An international team of astronomers has reported the discovery of two exoplanets orbiting a nearby star known as HD 101581.

The recent images taken by MRO show the solar panels have acquired the same reddish-brown hue as the rest of the planet.

The International Space Station is an engineering feat that has led to countless scientific discoveries. Like the thousands of satellites in orbit, it manages to stay up in the atmosphere.

Responding to the rumors on X (formerly Twitter), NASA said the ISS "continues to orbit the Earth as planned, and the crew aboard is safe." The organization provided a link to a live space station ...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched 30 satellites on Saturday for the second dedicated rideshare mission to mid-inclination orbit. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at ...

Orbit Communication Systems has been awarded a US$9.1 million contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defence (MoD) for multi-purpose satellite communication terminals (MPTs) to be installed on mobile ...

The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual ...

Over 14,000 satellites, 120 million bits of debris in key orbits Tracking, managing clutter crucial to safe orbiting, UN says Panel calls for greater international cooperation, data sharing ...

Rocket Lab launched five "Internet of Things" (IoT) satellites to orbit on Sunday night (Nov. 24), continuing to build out a constellation for the French company Kinéis. An Electron launcher ...

The mini-moon 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for two months and is likely a chunk of the moon, will now drift away from our planet in an orbit around ... which is part of the agency's ...

Low Earth orbit is densely packed, with bands such as the one for satellite internet service Starlink from commercial space company SpaceX - at an altitude of 540-570 km (336-354 miles).