AI is spurring ever more data satellites in space. How humanity plans to deal with the clutter is still an open question.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured this image showing the nightside surface of Venus. A family of asteroids share the planet's ...

This illustration shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs –– objects bigger than gas-giant planets but too small to be proper stars. ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have discovered a ...

Starlink is to lower the orbits of about half its satellite constellation over the course of this year, citing safety concerns.… The change was announced by Michael Nicolls, VP of Starlink engineering ...

You might think space as a vast emptiness. But according to the European Space Agency, it's getting incredibly crowded – at least around our planet. A European Space Agency report released April 1 ...

In 2022, a NASA spacecraft intentionally barreled into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos during a planetary defense test. The objective was to assess whether humanity could protect Earth from cosmic threats ...

SpaceX has announced that it's lowering the orbits of some 4,400 Starlink satellites following a near miss with a new Chinese satellite last year. SpaceX says the shift, which will take place ...

Orbital cleanup firm Astroscale has revealed new details regarding its ISSA-J1 mission, which it ...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. & TOULOUSE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Impulse Space, the leader for in-space mobility, and Infinite Orbits, the France-based in-orbit services company, have reinforced their ...

The company has spent the past five years developing the new space vehicle, called Ascent, as a refuelable platform capable of carrying multiple rideshare payloads for missions based in low Earth ...

LONDON – In-orbit services provider Infinite Orbits announced plans March 3 to acquire London-based in-orbit servicing and manufacturing startup Lunasa, marking a step in the company’s expansion into ...