Google’s Project Suncatcher would need sophisticated collision avoidance capabilities to navigate a junk-filled landscape.

Proliferating satellites are beginning to harm the science work of the beloved Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories ...

Critics argue the satellites, billed as a way to harness solar energy at night, could hamper sky observations and may pose a ...

June 24 (UPI) --The Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer X-ray telescope has a bad motor that paused its tracking of cosmic objects until NASA engineers can fix it. NASA engineers are working to ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on November 25 captured an image of the Sombrero galaxy, which is similar to celestial objects tracked by the NICER telescope that is paused while undergoing repairs.

A recent discovery by astronomers has sparked intrigue and curiosity in the scientific community. An object, exhibiting unusual characteristics and a rare orbit, has been found parked near Earth’s ...

During a recent spacewalk outside the International Space Station, a Russian cosmonaut casually flung a piece of obsolete hardware into orbit, turning routine maintenance into a vivid reminder that ...

A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news when it was confirmed to be the 3rd-ever object observed to have originated outside Earth's solar system. Though the object poses no threat to Earth, astronomers ...

From July 3 through July 8, it will be possible to sight the two largest objects currently in orbit around the Earth, passing across the predawn sky within minutes of each other. During this upcoming ...

Mysterious "rogue" pairs of Jupiter-size objects spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are a tiny fraction of those that originally formed, a new study suggests. The finding hints that ...

In April 1990, a tin can the size of a school bus was dropped off 353 miles above the Earth’s surface. Its mission: Take clear pictures of the universe without interference from the planet’s ...