The study found that, while in 2019 only 0.2% of satellites in Earth orbit were forced to perform more than 10 ...

Earth has a newly discovered—albeit temporary—companion in its journey around ... tells Live Science’s Elizabeth Howell in an email. Amateur astronomer Adrien Coffinet was the first to point out that ...

NASA is asking six companies to help the agency move spacecraft between difficult-to-reach orbits. The agency recently awarded a total of $1.4 million to the group, which includes companies like Blue ...

The outer space around the Earth is already pretty crowded. Now, tech firms are racing to add more. There are already thousands of satellites hurdling around the Earth in low orbit - many of them are ...

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our planet in a similar orbit for 60 years.

An astrophysicist interview underlines the growing risk of satellites, from the increasingly crowded skies, falling to Earth.

Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...

Everyone who has ever lived on Earth has been well-aware of the moon, but it turns out Earth also has some frequent temporary companions. These "quasi-moons" are small asteroids that enter into a kind ...

HELSINKI — China has sent several small spacecraft into specialized lunar and cislunar orbits to test communications, navigation and orbital dynamics for planned Earth-moon infrastructure. China’s DRO ...

On May 9, a stadium-sized potentially hazardous asteroid will pass by Earth, and you can watch the flyby happen in real time courtesy of a livestream from The Virtual Telescope Project. The main belt ...