Satellite News

On Oct. 31, 2015, an asteroid shaped like a human skull flew by Earth. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

On Oct. 29, 1991, the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Gaspra on its way to Jupiter. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

Scientists can now catch gravitational waves better than ever before.

A retired NASA astronaut will discuss how the International Space Station helps us model good teamwork on Earth, in an online panel discussion Friday (Oct. 30).

Retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott will share the similarities between space station engineering and Earth’s natural systems in an online panel discussion Friday (Oct. 30).

This supermassive black hole’s spin has been measured for the first time, and it’s surprisingly low.

SpaceX is replacing two engines on the Falcon 9 rocket that will launch its next NASA astronaut mission after spotting a problem on an earlier launch.

Investment in the Russian-Kazakh rocket launch pad Baiterek [aka Baitarek] project totals around US$1 billion, Russia’s State Space Corporation Roskosmos Chief Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying.