You may have seen a string of lights in the night sky overnight, but what are these lights and why are they in a straight ...

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other ...

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China has managed to deliver a pair of satellites into lunar orbit despite the spacecraft initially being stranded in low ...

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

The Lunar Trailblazer satellite will depart at the end of the month on a mission to find and map water on the surface of the ...

Scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the energy lost as it orbits the ringed planet with its massive gravitational force. Understanding tidal dissipation ...

K2 Space is changing the economics of satellite connectivity and functionality, having designed a resilient, high power, high ...

Dark matter is thought to outnumber regular matter by a factor of five to one – so why can’t we find the stuff? A new study ...

China successfully launched the Long March 8A, a new heavy-lift rocket capable of carrying larger batches of satellites, marking a strategic move to challenge SpaceX's dominance in Earth's lower ...