Satellite News

The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments toward Earth while rapidly spinning around the sun 18,000 years ago, new research suggests ? and it may fling some more soon.

SpaceX astronauts with Axiom Space decided to leave behind a special snack for the International Space Station crew, shortly after National Peanut Butter Day in the United States.

A little moonlet, too small to be seen from Earth, could be playing cosmic sheepdog by shaping the thin rings around the distant minor planet Chariklo, according to new computer simulations.

China’s Chang’e-5 moon samples are giving scientists new insights into the history of our moon.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying the four astronauts of the private Ax-3 mission is scheduled to splash down on Friday morning (Feb. 9).

NASA’s PACE ocean-monitoring satellite, which the Trump administration tried to cancel four times, launched to orbit today (Feb. 8) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Marvel Comics’ new “Star Wars” comic book miniseries, “Mace Windu #1” is out today, Feb. 7. Here’s a first look inside the first issue.

The upcoming solar maximum may help scientists solve the puzzle of why the sun’s poles emitted ten times more high-energy radiation than expected during the last peak in activity.