Astronomers at the University of Michigan have discovered a new satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Milky Way's ...

“Every year is a little bit different, but what’s clear is that the ocean continues to rise, and the rate of rise is getting ...

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

China has been practicing dog-fighting maneuvers with its satellites in space, a senior U.S. Space Force official said ...

With satellite internet facing new competition, Taara’s laser-based technology offers a different path to global connectivity ...

The discovery of the dwarf galaxy Andromeda XXXV—located roughly 3 million light-years away and the smallest yet found in the ...

Useable data is one of the most valuable tools scientists can have. The more data sources they have, the better they can make ...

He’s observed that batches of satellites will ascend to operational orbits in groups, taking advantage of what’s known as plane drift, to cover different parts of the globe with a single launch.

Climate change is altering conditions in near-Earth space, which could limit the number of satellites that can reliably ...

The scientists took a new approach, focusing on lake and reservoir water storage with data from nine different satellites—over 250,000 images spanning three decades— using an innovative technique to ...

When satellites vaporise, they seed the stratosphere (the region of the atmosphere between 10km and 50km above Earth’s ...