Satellite News

NASA said the visit was done as a precaution.

A Long March 2C rocket launched three Yaogan-43 spy satellites to orbit from southwestern China on Oct. 22, marking the third liftoff of the mysterious satellite series.

The technology-demonstrating Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has a bent boom in Earth orbit, but NASA says it shouldn’t be a big deal.

NASA’s space shuttle Discovery has been reunited with one of its last crew members. The National Air and Space Museum debuted Robonaut-2 (R2), NASA’s first dexterous humanoid robot flown into space.

The destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that struck Earth over 3 billion years ago may have benefitted early life.

A new video shows how Earth’s magnetic field weakened and warped before temporarily flipping during a recent “polar reversal event.”

D’Vana Tendi gets back to her Orion roots in “Star Trek: Lower Decks” season 5’s opening episodes — and her species has a very long history in “Star Trek.”

Deep in the heart of the massive Perseus cluster, giant galaxies stir, stars are torn from their homes and hot gas radiates at more than 1 million degrees Celsius.