The two satellites have nearly synchronised orbits and are primed for rendezvous and docking, according to public tracking data from the US military’s Space-Track.org website.

Startup Xona Space Systems hopes to provide an unspoofable alternative to increasingly threatened GPS.

The 3:1 resonant orbit – in which Tiandu-1 completes three loops of the Earth for every circuit made by the moon – is seen as a breakthrough for lunar infrastructure, including a BeiDou-like ...

Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance. NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured this image showing the nightside surface ...

The Beidou system can even send news and alerts in case of emergency. The Huawei Pura 80 Pro+ supports dual satellite communication – Beidou and Tiantong.

More than a decade after its first liftoff, Russia’s Angara A5 heavy rocket finally has become operational. The 773-metric-ton rocket flew from the Plesetsk military spaceport in Northern Russia ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned.

China's ongoing national "two sessions" have sent a clear signal that the world's second-largest economy is dedicated to progress through sci-tech innovation.

But 2017 OF201’s path contrasts with the clustered orbits used to support the existence of Planet Nine. “The orientation seems to be … 90 degrees, probably, of the cluster,” Cheng says.

The Earth orbits the sun and the moon orbits the Earth, but in different planes. This 5 degree tilt impacts the appearance of the moon in the night sky.

We like scale models here, but how small can you shrink the very large? If you’re [Frans], it’s pretty small indeed: his Micro Tellurium fits the orbit of the Earth on top of ...