YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

A secretive Space Force ship has returned to earth after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The Boeing-made X-37B vessel was quietly launched by SpaceX in 2023 from NASA’s ...

Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...

A private spacecraft carrying NASA instruments to the surface of the moon in preparation for astronauts to return in the years ahead has reached lunar orbit about a month into its spaceflight.

Rocket Lab launched a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite toward low Earth orbit this evening (Feb. 18). An Electron vehicle carrying the first "Gen-3" satellite for the geospatial ...

The "parade of planets" in the evening sky continues. Starting the evening of Feb. 22, Mercury will join the lineup but it will be very low near the horizon shortly after sunset, so you might need ...

Their combined mass is similar to that of Saturn’s moon Mimas. All these particles orbit Saturn in Saturn’s equatorial plane. The particles do not emit visible light of their own but reflect ...

Red Hat Device Edge will enable Axiom Space to host hybrid cloud applications and cloud-native workloads on-orbit. Axiom Space's ODCs are designed to bring tangible benefits to humanity on Earth ...

As more data comes in to further refine the orbit, it’s likely that this will continue to shrink. But just two days ago, the odds had grown to 3.1 percent, setting a record for the highest ...

Now, they’re planning to turn the powerful eye of the James Webb Space Telescope in 2024 YR4’s direction with the hopes of pinning down the space rock’s size and orbit. The Asteroid ...