Satellite News

A “potentially hazardous” space rock the size of a football stadium is about to reach its closest point to our planet for more than 100 years, and it won’t get this close to us again for centuries more.

Tests suggest the European Extremely Large Telescope will be able to detect crucial biosignatures on other worlds.

An exclusive preview of IDW’s “Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek #1,” coming March 13, 2024.

The Chinese company Expace pulled off a brief launch and landing test with a rocket prototype last month, as it aims to build a reusable launch vehicle.

The XMM Newton space telescope has seen a feeding supermassive black hole as it throws a major tantrum, “flipping over the table” and preventing its parent galaxy from birthing new stars.

The Artemis 2 moon astronauts recently finished a splashdown exercise in a pool to get ready for more ambitious simulations in the water. They are slated to fly in 2025.

Solidified lava surrounds the small Icelandic town of Grindavík in a new photo from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2, following recent volcanic eruptions.

Japan’s historic SLIM moon lander has powered down ahead of a likely mission-ending cold lunar nighttime — but not before grabbing some final images and loads of science data.