BKSY: BlackSky is a space-based intelligence company that owns and operates a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites, ...

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Redwire's wholly owned Belgian subsidiary, Redwire Space NV, developed the onboard computer, which is the "brain" of Comet Interceptor. It is designed to monitor and control other spacecraft ...

Astronomers have detected the largest comet ever recorded in the solar system — Bernardinelli-Bernstein, a colossal 100-kilometer-wide space giant, currently traveling toward the sun from the distant ...

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The Vatican Observatory highlights NASA’s DART mission, which successfully altered an asteroid’s orbit to help protect Earth ...

The Vatican Observatory is teaming up with global scientists to help defend Earth from asteroid impacts! Yes, planetary defense is real—and vital.

Penguins play a surprising role in shaping Antarctica's atmosphere! A new study found that ammonia from penguin colonies, rather than the ocean, helps ...

China is set to launch its first asteroid sampling mission, Tianwen 2, on Thursday, according to the China National Space ...

How would people react to news of First Contact? An author who specializes in plausible science-fiction novels speculates ...

Webb’s powerful instruments have detected crystalline water ice in a distant star system, offering rare insight into planet ...

The boom appears to be linked to a SpaceX Dragon capsule reentering the atmosphere, according to a post on X from SpaceX.