We usually think of satellites as small objects orbiting planets or stars. But in the broader universe, galaxies themselves can have satellites—smaller galaxies bound by gravity that orbit a larger ...

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

Astronomers have recently been taken aback by the discovery of an object in space that seems to be defying the common laws of celestial movement by orbiting backwards. This surprising discovery, which ...

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Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has identified a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus, expanding the planet's known satellite family ...

Astronomers using the Gemini South telescope achieve unprecedented detection of vaporized metals within a dusty, gaseous cloud during rare stellar occultation. (Nanowerk News) Sweeping winds of ...

Scientists and health researchers are raising alarms over a commercial proposal to deploy fleets of orbiting mirrors that would redirect sunlight to Earth, warning that selling reflected light from ...

India’s space programme has built a reputation for precision, efficiency, and steady progress over the decades. From ...

A new analysis of sky photographs taken between 1954 and 1957, before the launch of the first satellite, has found 35 luminous events lasting less than one second that cannot be explained by ...

Is it still ‘space’ if it’s full of objects orbiting the Earth? Plus, we track the fuel crisis ...