Putting satellites and spacecraft into orbit demands incredible precision and cutting-edge engineering. This video explains the forces at play, from gravity assists to the delicate balance between ...

We’ve all seen this happen in a science-fiction movie: our plucky heroes jump into their ramshackle spaceship and escape the bad guys by flying through the treacherous asteroid belt, where huge rocks ...

This illustration shows the creation of an asteroid family. Ejected fragments from catastrophic collisions of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter tend to follow similar orbits around the sun, allowing ...

A partial solar eclipse swept across the face of the sun on Sept. 21, mesmerizing stargazers with a dramatic display of orbital mechanics that saw the curved silhouette of the lunar disk turn the ...

NASA has named its new group of astronaut candidates. The space agency on Monday introduced the four men and six women who comprise its 2025 trainee class during a ceremony held at the Johnson Space ...

India is working on a plan to better protect its satellites after a close encounter in space showed the risks posed by other countries’ spacecraft. The government wants to develop “bodyguard ...

The Space Force general in charge of Trump’s Golden Dome program says that he has a blueprint but gave no details leaving doubts about its cost. Donald Trump announced a highly ambitious plan to ...

"Given how quickly Swift's orbit is decaying, we are in a race against the clock." A private company will give a powerful NASA space telescope a new lease on life next year, if all goes according to ...

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