Private companies are making progress on expandable habitats, which could help humanity keep its foothold in Earth orbit and ...

Space-based solar power (SBSP) seems to be perennially stuck in the early development phase. However, private firm Aetherflux ...

I used to be out there drawing craters on the ... the two fused together forming a new, larger Earth. At the same time, this enormous collision ejected into orbit vast amounts of molten rock.

Unpopulated and in the middle of nowhere, Point Nemo is starting to have a history. This article appears in the November 2024 ...

A startup led by a founder of a financial services company is taking a new approach to space-based solar power intended to be more scalable and affordable than previous concepts.

India's upcoming space missions, backed by a $2.7 billion investment, aim to enhance global influence and showcase ...

This “mini-moon” emerged from an asteroid named 2024 PT5, officially joining Earth’s orbit on Sept. 29. The asteroid was ...

NASA’s claim that its third flight, Artemis III, could see an American woman set foot somewhere near the Moon’s south pole, ...

But Earth's gravitational pull will draw 2024 PT5 towards it and, much like our moon, it will orbit our planet — but only for 56.6 days. While other non-Earth objects, or NEOs, have entered ...

NASA's Goddard terminal with commercial hardware has demonstrated the first laser communications space uplink.

Sometimes, life really does resemble a science fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than ...

Inc., a leading provider of advanced space exploration solutions, and Orbit Fab, Inc., a pioneer in in-space refueling and ...