Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, a small asteroid that will shadow Earth’s orbit for ...

A newly identified “quasi-moon” is being described as a second moon in Earth’s orbit, and it could stay there for decades.

The Department of the Air Force has approved SpaceX’s plans to launch up to 100 missions per year from Vandenberg Space Force ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be ...

We're just weeks away from this interstellar visitor reaching its brightest in Earth's night skies. Will we see it?

Humans have continuously inhabited the International Space Station since November 2, 2000. NASA plans to deorbit the ISS in 2030, transitioning to commercially owned space stations. Private companies ...

On May 21, 2010, the Akatsuki orbiter ("Dawn" in Japanese) launched from the Tanegashima Space Center atop a H-IIA Launch Vehicle, establishing orbit around Venus in December 2015. In so doing, ...

Japan’s Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki was launched on May 21, 2010, and started its active mission in 2015 after an initial orbital insertion failure. Since that time, Akatsuki has continuously ...

Pluto is a bit of a loner. The dwarf planet is no longer considered a regular planet; it does not orbit on the same plane as the solar system's eight planets; and its orbit is both highly elliptical ...

ABSTRACT: Ocean color is determined by the complex interactions of incident light with the optical properties of suspended and dissolved substances. Such interactions give water its characteristic ...

Rocket Lab—the operator of the world’s second-busiest orbital rocket—has been touting its vision for a Mars Telecommunications Orbiter. Rocket Lab’s founder and CEO, Sir Peter Beck, laid out a ...