That was the warning from a trio of astronomers and atmospheric scientists in a new essay for The Conversation, which ...

For years now, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has had its fair share of brushes with death. The groundbreaking observatory launched into low-Earth orbit 36 years ago, and it’s ...

NASA will send Artemis III to low-Earth orbit instead of the moon, testing docking systems before a planned 2028 lunar ...

NASA shifts Artemis 3 to low Earth orbit in 2027, opening potential competition beyond SpaceX Starship as the agency revises lunar landing timelines and mission architecture.

A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.

Space Forge has turned a long‑running thought experiment into hardware, generating plasma in low Earth orbit to begin manufacturing semiconductor materials in space. By firing up a compact furnace on ...

On February 20, 1962, NASA launched an astronaut into orbit around the Earth for the first time. John Glenn was the third ...

A recent SpaceNews opinion article argued that it is time to “take astronomy off Earth.” The suggestion is straightforward: If satellite constellations and commercial space activity threaten ...

The space economy today is best understood not as a single industry but as a layered system, one that begins in Earth’s orbit, extends to the moon and beyond and increasingly delivers intelligence ...

There’s a thin layer of human-made stuff enrobing the planet. A data dive into the anthroposphere. Earth’s a medium-size rock ...

Elon Musk SpaceX AI satellites launch planned within two to three years as billionaire argues space offers lowest-cost AI ...