Comet C/2023 P1, Nishimura visible from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Space.com Newsom calls special session to ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon ... rocky object that orbits the sun. Amateur astronomer Tony Dunn posted a simulation to X of what the asteroid's ...

Science News // 3 days ago SpaceX launches another 23 satellites into low-Earth orbit Nov. 7 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched another batch of 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit aboard a ...

Its deorbit sequence then began at around 2:30 ... returned to earth late last month. Science News // 5 days ago SpaceX launches another 23 satellites into low-Earth orbit Nov.

“It’s still the same 4G technology we use to connect on the ground, but the cell sites are actually in low Earth orbit, around 360 kilometres above the Earth,” she explains. The Starlink ...

NASA's technology-demonstrating Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) has a bent boom in Earth orbit, a newly released photo shows. The ACS3 spacecraft launched April 23 to test key aspects ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's technology-demonstrating Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) has a bent boom ...

These five satellites are the largest commercial communications arrays ever launched in low Earth orbit," commented Abel Avellan, Founder, Chairman and CEO of AST SpaceMobile. "It is a significant ...

This year is on course to be the hottest on record, with an average global surface temperature more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. But there is some better news: the overall amount of ...

NASA has announced that an airplane-sized “city killer” asteroid will skim past Earth today — one ... 4.6 million miles from Earth’s orbit around the sun — are discovered every year ...