Right after launching, a bunch of satellites heading to join the megaconstellation looks like a string of moving stars going up in the sky. Within a week or so, they reach a higher elevation and are ...

Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

SpaceX alternately gained the ire of both the United States and Russia: first for providing Ukraine with internet access ...

Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) ("Spire" or "the Company"), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, announced results for its quarter and year ended December 31, 2024. The ...

A powerful “Cosmic Tornado” has received a high-definition glow-up thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

"Over the past decade, advancements in Earth observation and space technology have made it possible to build sophisticated, purpose-built constellations like FireSat ... help refine FireSat data ...

It depends on how you define "rare." The last time seven planets ... For comparison, a given location on Earth experiences a total solar eclipse only once every 360 years, on average.

in Earth orbit or re-entering the atmosphere, that are non-functional.” Given the lack of definition, legal disputes often hinge on whether a piece of debris qualifies as a “space object ...

By connecting to the (US) GPS and (European) Galileo constellations, the spacecraft was able to be precisely located on the surface of the Moon, at a distance of just over 360,000 km from Earth.

The metal I know and (sorta) love dates back to the 1980s. Little Rock’s Rwake sounds nothing like those acts, nor does its ...

President Trump today signed an executive order to begin dismantling the Education Department. The president, flanked by children at school desks, said that his administration would “take all lawful ...