Satellite News

A huge hunk of Chinese space junk is expected to crash back to Earth on Friday (Nov. 4), but nobody knows exactly where or when it will come down.

The X-ray binary system Cygnus X-1 is chomping on matter stolen from a companion star.

Rocket Lab plans to launch a satellite to orbit and catch a falling booster with a helicopter on Friday (Nov. 4), and you can watch the action live.

While NASA officials stressed that Artemis 1 continues to be a challenging mission, they stated they are confident in the upcoming launch attempt on Nov. 14.

Virgin Galactic will partner with Axiom Space to give astronauts a brief weightless experience, and it has new suppliers to build the next-generation Delta spaceship in 2023.

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra Observatory to watch galaxy collisions in the cluster Abell 98 have found what may be evidence of the universe’s missing matter.

The Southern Cross has long been a celestial landmark for explorers and travelers. The iconic group of stars is visible mainly from the Southern Hemisphere.

The Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption that sent shockwaves through Earth in January 2022 generated the highest volcanic cloud since at least the Krakatoa eruption of 1883, scientists have found.