There's a new race in space, but it's not where you might think. It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

SpaceX didn’t respond to a request for comment, but the company might be retiring large batches of older Starlink satellites, ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

Because the Moon is over a quarter the diameter of Earth, the Earth-Moon system is often cited as the pairing in our Solar ...

We talk about rockets and low Earth orbit (LEO ... Credit: SpaceX Some satellites, like GPS nodes, are launched into higher "geostationary" orbits around 18,000 miles (30,000 kilometers).

Launch of the two WorldView Legion satellites occurred at 6:13 p.m. ET today (Feb. 4). SpaceX launched two Earth-imaging satellites today (Feb. 4), further building out Maxar Technologies' sharp ...

The call today is for binding rules to protect the orbits of Earth, Moon, and Mars from space debris contamination. Initiatives need to be formulated for effective, sustainable, and equitable ...

Mining ocean resources needed for electric cars and other devices is currently a hot issue of dispute. Final resolution of ...