Satellite News

A newly discovered asteroid has passed safely between the Earth and moon during a very close encounter this week.

More than 700 million years ago, our planet would have been unlivable due to an extreme ice age, and Australian geologists have a suggestion as to how this could have happened.

SpaceX recently stacked the two stages of its huge Starship rocket to prep for the vehicle’s third-ever liftoff, which may be just a few weeks away.

SpaceX will launch Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander on Feb. 14, sending a series of experiments to the moon on behalf of NASA and commercial customers.

The third test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket will take place roughly three weeks from now, according to company founder and CEO Elon Musk.

New research has shown that disease-causing bacteria carried in the human gut can also survive in Martian soil, a discovery with implications for future crewed exploration of Mars.

NASA will launch the Crew-8 astronauts nearly a week later, on Feb. 28, to “deconflict” from the expected launch date of a robotic moon mission with agency science on board.

Pearl Jam unveils its cosmically-inspired new single ‘Dark Matter,” the latest of several space-themed offerings by the legendary rock group.