Satellite News

Using the Hubble astronomers found that “failed star” brown dwarfs struggle to maintain relationships as passing stars disrupt them like the cosmic equivalent of the distracted boyfriend meme.

There’s a growing and passionate call for preserving radio silence on the far side of the moon in order to protect the possibility of conducting valuable radio astronomy.

A large swirl of white light that temporarily outshone vibrant auroras in the Arctic last week was triggered by the death throes of a SpaceX rocket that deployed more than 50 satellites into space.

As we prepare for the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8, we take a look at some famous incidents of viewing total eclipses near the edge of totality.

The concept for a flying, wing-heavy drone called MAGGIE could one day show us an entirely new perspective on Mars.

The James Webb Space Telescope will soon investigate stunning light shows from Uranus and Saturn as two projects look at the auroras of these planets to discover the processes that make them tick.

When NASA’s DART spacecraft crashed into the small asteroid Dimorphos in September of 2022, the impact’s energy changed the asteroid’s trajectory and substantially altered its shape.

SpaceX’s Starship uses greener propellant than other rockets, but its environmental footprint could still be substantial if plans for hundreds of launches per year come to pass, experts warn.