Satellite News

The three astronauts of China’s Shenzhou 16 mission returned to Earth on Monday (Oct. 30) after a five-month stint aboard the country’s Tiangong space station.

Virgin Galactic’s 5th commercial mission is a research-focused flight to space that features some familiar faces.

Japan’s planned Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft mission involves drilling and sampling Mars’ moon Phobos, then rocketing the samples to Earth.

The James Webb Space Telescope has explored the Crab Nebula in more detail than ever before, hunting for clues about how this supernova remnant was created

The sun will reach solar maximum in 2024, one year earlier than predicted. It will not only peak earlier but will also be stronger and last longer, scientists say.

The UK Space Agency says it cannot speculate yet on who will command its debut mission with Axiom Space. British astronaut Tim Peake was rumored as commander.

Space.com has a preview of Dark Horse Books’ new horror anthology, “Star Wars: Tales From The Death Star,” just in time for Halloween.

China launched the first-ever dedicated quantum communications satellite to low Earth orbit in 2016. The nation is now working to send a quantum craft to a higher altitude.