Characteristics: Quasi-moons can range in size from 30 feet to 1,000 feet. They experience gravitational tugs from Earth, allowing them to slide in and out of shared orbits. Discovery: Astronomers ...

A 70-foot rocket blasted off from beneath the wing of a Boeing 747 over the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, marking the second successful orbital flight for rocket startup Virgin Orbit. The plane, nicknamed ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Los Angeles startup In Orbit Aerospace won a $1.8 million AFWERX contract to develop a novel method of spacecraft docking in partnership with the University of Colorado, Boulder. The ...

In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, we usually look for planets orbiting sun-like stars and icy moons. But there is another possible candidate—planets circling white dwarfs, the hot, dense remnants ...

As a true milestone on the path to autonomous space systems, a research team at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) ...

SpaceX has confirmed plans to build data centers in orbit, using its upcoming fleet of Starlink V3 satellites, according to Elon Musk. The idea, once speculative, now seems to be firming up, as the ...