Satellite News

Follow in the footsteps of Apollo astronauts with a new space-themed backpack that aims to inspire a sense of exploration and transport wearers to the lunar surface.

“Iron Winds and Metal Rain.” Not the title of a heavy metal album but an accurate weather prediction for a hellish exoplanet called WASP-76b.

The private Polaris Dawn crew notched another milestone on Thursday (Sept. 12), beaming photos home using SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites.

JUICE successfully identified water and the building blocks of life in Earth’s atmosphere. In doing so, the probe headed for Jupiter’s moons confirmed that its instruments are working properly.

SpaceX’s latest Starlink satellite launch lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 12, adding to a constellation of more than 6,300 operational satellites.

Polaris Dawn astronaut Sarah Gillis released a new music video from space while playing violin inside the mission’s Crew Dragon spacecraft.

The current generation of gravitational wave detectors could “hear” supernovas over 65 million light-years away, helping scientists determine if a dying star creates a black hole or a neutron star.

Japanese company ispace plans to launch Mission 2, its second shot at landing on the moon, this December on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.