The Tianwen-2 probe, which was launched on Thursday, represents a "significant step in China’s new journey of interplanetary ...

For years, the commercial space sector has been abuzz about the prospect of satellite "super constellations" in Earth orbit.

When cities are in the dark, satellites remain unaffected, orbiting above the chaos and ready to relay data. If Spain relied on satellite-enabled fallback, continuity could have been preserved during ...

Middle school students in Salt Lake City are slipping on headsets and stepping into outer space— all without leaving the classroom.At Glendale Middle School, e ...

The fall of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite was no ordinary event. It came from a nearly vertical angle, about 81 degrees steep, ...

Asteroids are the ancient remnants of our solar system's birth, rocky fragments that never formed into planets. Most of these ...

China’s space agency has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars ...

Using a newly developed adaptive optics system called Cona, scientists peered through Earth's turbulent air to reveal the sun ...

A number of groups and individuals say there's a need to protect lunar history before it's too late.

It's an evocative idea that has long bedevilled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the edge of our solar system, evading all our efforts ...

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...