Satellite News

A supernova that erupted when a massive star died could have destroyed our infant solar system — if it weren’t protected by a cocoon of molecular gas.

Stunning first videos from a new space-borne instrument designed to improve the monitoring of thunderstorms show the crackle of lightning over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean.

The Light Bender robotics project from space technology company Maxar will autonomously redirect sunlight to power solar panels in dark regions of the lunar surface.

The Ariane 5 is set to fly for the final time on Tuesday (July 4), ending a 27-year launch career. Relive some of its finest moments here.

The giant sunspot AR3354 blasted out an X-class solar flare on Sunday, July 2, ionizing Earth’s atmosphere and causing a shortwave radio blackout over the U.S. and the Pacific Ocean.

Astronomers have discovered high amounts of tryptophan, an amino acid key in the formation of life, in a nearby star-forming region of space called the Perseus Molecular Complex.

Space.com spoke with RAD CEO Steve Reinharz about his company’s high-tech robot dogs that star in Fox’s “Stars on Mars” reality series hosted by William Shatner.