An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a sun-like star, ...

There's nothing innate about the Earth or its atmosphere that marks the boundaries of low Earth orbit. This is a distinction ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

Science News // 1 week 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 ...

Science News // 1 week 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 ...

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 ...

China operates the Tiangong space station in low Earth orbit. However, it sends crews to the space station just every six months, aboard Shenzhou spacecraft that have little capability for ...

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 of four “hazardous” space rocks to graze our orbit in less than 12 hours. Dubbed 2002 ...

They are one half of the overarching Next-Gen OPIR constellation, which also includes two satellites to be stationed in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) being built by Lockheed Martin. Those ...