Satellite News

A preview of NASA’s latest issue of “Astrobiology,” their fun ongoing graphic novel series

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size planet orbiting a red dwarf star, making just the second planetary system seen around one of these tiny, cool, dim, but common, stars.

Astronomers have determined that the Milky Way’s outer halo is filled with “magnetic donuts” that are as wide as 100,000 light-years. The discovery could shed light on how cosmic magnetic fields form and evolve.

The Hubble Space Telescope recently imaged an actively star-forming galaxy named UGC 9684.

The Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s flying days may be over, but its influence will be felt far into the future.

NASA’s plan to build a train track on the moon is part of the agency’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program, which aims to develop “science fiction-like” projects for future space exploration.

How do you get ready for flying to the moon? The Artemis 2 astronauts practiced a day in space ahead of their historic liftoff in 2025 to see what living in the Orion spacecraft is like.

Satellite imagery of Rafah, Gaza, provided by commercial company Planet Labs, offers a spaceborne view of the Israel-Hamas war.