China is practicing “dogfighting” satellites as part of its expanding capabilities in space, according to the United States ...

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

Satellites connect people around the world but they also interfere with astronomers’ views of the cosmos. There are ways to ...

NASA's advanced space ... four satellites of PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) will study the sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, to determine how it transitions into ...

Greenhouse gas emissions aren’t just warming our planet, they’re reshaping space, too ... Core Observatory that went into orbit in 2014. Weather satellites are critical for weather forecasting.

No private Japanese company has successfully sent a satellite into space via rocket. Space One's first attempt in March with its inaugural Kairos rocket ended abruptly when it exploded five ...

Besides the telescope, SpaceX’s Falcon rocket provided a lift from Vandenberg for a quartet of NASA satellites called Punch.

Nine miniature satellites developed by Israeli high school students were launched into space on Saturday as part of the Tevel 2 project. The satellites, designed and constructed by students from ...

A Google-backed mission to detect wildfires from space launched a prototype satellite last week, which is now communicating with its developers on Earth. “The devastating wildfires in Los ...

The first satellite ... flying its full complement, it’ll provide firefighters with near real-time updates on a fire’s whereabouts and behavior. The constellation is a joint effort between ...

NASA’s upcoming EZIE mission will use three small satellites to study electrojets — powerful electrical currents in the upper atmosphere linked to auroras. These mysterious currents influence ...

And it's not just the launches. SpaceX is operating a constellation of more than 7,000 satellites, flying humans into space regularly, and developing an unprecedented rocket like Starship.