Satellite News

If you see a giant red star surrounded by a thick shroud of material, watch out — the star will likely explode within a few years.

A Long March 7A rocket carrying the Zhongxing-1E satellite lifted off Tuesday morning (Sept. 13) from the Wenchang Space Launch Site, on the island of Hainan.

Thriller films, Antarctic explorers and female science pioneers featured in an informal naming contest seeking a moniker for a proposed Uranus spacecraft mission.

China’s government has officially approved three robotic moon missions that will lay groundwork for a permanent lunar base.

The new book ‘Stars in Your Hand: A Guide to 3D Printing the Cosmos’ offers an overview of how 3D printing can help anyone learn about space, spaceflight and astronomy.

Blue Origin is working to understand what caused Monday’s accident, and the FAA is overseeing the investigation.

Using the Keck Observatory astronomers have imaged the Orion nebula, an intense star-forming region close to Earth, in unprecedented detail.

Newborn stars still wrapped in cocoons of dust and gas are revealed in a new image of the famous Orion Nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.