To detect the gravitational wave background, astronomers studied fast-spinning stars called millisecond pulsars, which are dead stars that spin up to 700 times per second with astonishing ...

In 2032, a rare astronomical event may unfold, as asteroid 2024 YR4 could collide with the Moon, resulting in a once-in-5,000 ...

Image of the Earth taken by Himawari 8 at 18:00 (UTC) on August 11, 2018. The zoom-in images show Venus captured in the ...

' Space Selfie ' has been released, which allows you to take selfies on a satellite display with the Earth floating in space in the background. Space Selfie is provided by Mark Rober , a former ...

Osteoporosis Treatments: How Space Is Strengthening Bones On Earth. In the harsh environment of space, astronauts experience accelerated bone loss, losing bone mass up to 10 times faster than ...

The umbrella-shaped antenna, built by US space firm L3Harris, catches the returning signals and redirects them to the ...

The Himawari field of view is slightly larger than Earth, capturing the surrounding space as well. And sometimes, Venus shows up in the background behind Earth by coincidence.

The United States Space Force has unexpectedly published a photo its top-secret X-37B space plane took while orbiting the Earth last year. The image, which the military arm shared on X-formerly ...

The concept known as “Kessler Syndrome” was proposed nearly five decades ago. Experts weigh in on whether the space-based disaster scenario is already unfolding.

The Fram2 mission, paid for and led by a cryptocurrency billionaire who is flying with three guests, has returned after a journey on a unprecedented polar orbit.

Ryugu is a 0.55 mile-long rock traveling around the sun in an orbit similar to Earth’s. It is a so-called C-type asteroid, a species of space rubble that is heavy in carbon and represents about ...