Satellite News

The truth is, astronomy remains as real, human and relevant as ever, though the reason why might surprise you.

Here’s a list of 7 intriguing objects — and a few reptiles — that made headlines for falling from the sky.

Space rocks crash to Earth carrying compounds that were formed billions of years ago. Spaceships perform fancy flips in the air but explode when they touch back down too quickly. And sometimes, iguanas fall from trees and land belly-up, frozen on the ground. 

If intelligent aliens visit the Earth, it would be one of the most profound events in human history.

Check out the craziest rocket failures of 2020.

The full moon of December, called the Full Cold Moon, will arrive on Dec. 29 and there are plenty of planets to see with it.

On Dec. 30, 1930, the first-ever photo of the Earth’s curvature was taken. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

Arianespace will launch a Russian-built Soyuz rocket carrying the CSO-2 Earth observation satellite for the French space agency CNES Tuesday, Dec. 29, and you can watch it live here.