Satellite News

The dome enclosing the world’s largest visible- and infrared-light telescope is taking shape with the installation of protective siding and supports for the primary mirror.

NASA astronauts held their own mini-Olympics on the International Space Station to mark the start of the Summer Games here on Earth.

SpaceX is now eyeing mid- to late August for the launch of the Polaris Dawn astronaut mission, which will feature the first-ever private spacewalk.

A solar flare on July 23 was even bigger than a previous one that triggered May’s global aurora storm, but this one was facing away from Earth on the far side of the sun.

Astronomers have found that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, has some of the most carbon dioxide-rich deposits in the solar system, hinting at a buried water ocean.

The Space Gal is headed into orbit, as part of Space for Humanity’s Citizen Astronaut Program.

The four astronauts flying aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon are supposed to launch no earlier than Aug. 18 and splash down near Florida. Future crews will go to the west coast due to space junk concerns.

Auroras, stars and a fleeting meteor are captured in a mesmerizing new view from the International Space Station.