Space is getting crowded — humans have now placed over 20,000 satellites into orbit since the start of the space age, and ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

As greenhouse gases continue to accumulate in Earth’s atmosphere, they are reshaping not only the planet, but the very nature ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...

Turns out, there’s a lot more floating around the planet Saturn than those famous rings. Space scientists announced last week they’ve discovered Saturn has 128 more moons, for a total of 274, far more ...

All told, the rocket breakups in January and earlier this month caused 414 departure delays for aircraft at airports across Florida and the Caribbean and 80 diversions or ...

Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet constellation, has put over 6,000 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites into space, ostensibly to provide people with affordable, quality internet even in remote ...

Jenniskens and Devillepoix find that low iron (L chondrite) and very low iron (LL chondrite) meteorites come to us primarily from the inner main belt. Scientists have long linked the LL chondrites to ...

On October 23, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the US State Department’s Directorate of Defense ...

NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams Return SpaceX Mission Live Updates: The Dragon spacecraft hatch is now closed. The closure ...