There was nothing terribly remarkable about the Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 satellites—at least not at first. Iridium was a 1,500 lb. communications satellite the U.S. launched into space in 1997; ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Thursday, officials from across the region cut the ribbon on the first of two new advanced waste sorting systems that will overhaul the way waste is disposed of on the ...

SpaceX’s Starlink division confirmed yesterday that it lost contact with a satellite on Sunday and is trying to locate space debris that might have been produced by… whatever happened there. “LeoLabs ...

Like tiny photobombers, cosmic anomalies resembling small, bright red points show up in almost every snapshot taken by the most powerful space telescope ever made. Astronomers now call them little red ...

An illustration of how SpaceX uses star tracker data from its Starlink satellite to identify other objects in orbit and calculate their orbits. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has disrupted the launch business ...

Astronomy Astronomers map one of the largest structures in the universe, hidden behind the Milky Way's 'Zone of Avoidance' Astronomy Hubble revisits stunning Trifid Nebula after 30 years, and spots a ...

When you look up at the night sky, it appears unchanging. But if you look deep enough you will find that the sky is in fact constantly shifting. Satellites, asteroids and interstellar objects pass by.

Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

This might be more than a tail of fire and ice? Comet 3I/ATLAS has displayed a variety of atypical traits, from its bizarre trajectory through our solar system to a complex jet structure. Now, Harvard ...

Roger is passionate about movies and TV shows, as well as the drive-in theater. Aside from hosting and producing three podcasts and a monthly live show, he also collects comic books, records, VHS ...

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The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it. It's going to be fun." ...