Satellite News

There’s a slight chance Comet Nishimura might brighten unexpectedly. Astronomer Jonti Horner explains what to expect.

SpaceX fired one of its Raptor engines last month to test its ability to land the company’s Starship vehicle on the moon in cold conditions, which it will have to do on the Artemis 3 mission.

2023 summer was Earth’s hottest since global record-keeping of temperatures began in 1880, NASA announced Thursday (Sept. 14).

Germany signed the Artemis Accords on Thursday (Sept. 14), becoming the 29th country to join NASA’s framework for peaceful moon exploration.

The Kennedy Space Center post office has been cancelled. The contract facility will close permanently this month, after which there will be no more “Kennedy Space Center” postmarks.

The Royal Observatory of Greenwich’s annual contest draws more than 4,000 submissions, and the winning images from this year’s categories are stunning.

Satellites observe Hurricane Lee swirl above the Atlantic Ocean as it makes its way toward the Canadian coast for a Saturday landfall.

Water may be generated on the moon as the result of high-energy electrons bombarding the lunar surface as it passes through Earth’s magnetic tail.