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The new spacecraft speedometer can track satellite speeds, addressing the challenges of growing space traffic.
The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...
Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...
Scientists have discovered an exoplanet 140 light-years away that's rapidly disintegrating as it orbits its star every 30 ...
Pluto was discovered in 1930 in Arizona, but in 2006 scientists decided to cut Pluto from the planetary line up. Here is why ...
The planet orbits its host star in just 30.5 hours, losing a mass of material roughly equal to Mount Everest each time ...
China’s megaconstellation launches spark debris concerns; commercial space expands; Lightyear Explorer raises funds; key ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — As SpaceX launched the four-person crew of the Fram2 mission on Monday night, it was a takeoff for the history books as they will be the first humans to ever orbit Earth ...
A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is ...
Scientists have discovered a planet that is literally falling apart as it orbits its star. Located about 140 light-years from ...
Although its elliptical orbit affects temperature stability, its potential to sustain liquid water makes it a key target for upcoming space missions. Scie... Uncontrolled space debris entering ...
The report noted that out of 34 260 objects tracked in orbit today, only about 25% are working satellites. “Additionally, there are likely around 130 million pieces of debris too small to ...