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Space around Earth is filling with discarded hardware, shattered fragments and derelict satellites just as governments and companies race to launch thousands more spacecraft. The risk is no longer ...

At 2:23 am Eastern time on March 19, 2025, an astronaut aboard the International Space station (ISS) captured a striking ...

Saturn has just pulled far ahead in the solar system’s moon race, with a fresh wave of detections pushing its tally to 274 ...

ISRO launched a next-generation US communication satellite, BlueBird Block-2, onboard its heaviest vehicle, LVM3-M6, from the ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has recorded important new observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using its Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS). In July, 3I/ATLAS ...

Sentinel-6B continues three decades of global ocean height measurements, tracking sea level changes, ocean currents, and climate-related trends for scientific research and operational forecasting.

The sun typically goes through regular cycles of increased and decreased activity, but in recent years, it hasn't been ...

A rare SWOT satellite pass captured a Pacific-wide tsunami in high resolution, revealing complex wave patterns that challenge ...

NASA’s GOES satellites have provided 50 years of continuous geostationary monitoring, delivering real-time weather, environmental hazard, and space weather data to support forecasts, emergency ...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command has been tracking the location of Santa Claus for children since 1955.

See Jupiter shining like the “Christmas Star” and catch a glimpse of the ISS — aka “Santa’s Sleigh” — in the early morning ...