The physical limitations of modern spacecraft pose significant challenges for reaching interstellar space in a human lifetime, especially with limited room onboard for carrying propellant or ...

A decade ago humanity launched around 200 objects into space per year. Now we launch more than 2,600, with no prospects for slowing down. This rapid expansion of human activity in outer space has ...

Credit: NOAA As the Trump 2.0 administration begins to take shape, one of the questions orbiting in the beltway space community is whether President-elect Trump will retain the National Space ...

"In 2024, we saw a 17% year-over-year spike in the average number of close approaches in low Earth orbit per satellite." An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to ...

Two major space launches in two days got 2025 off to a rousing start. The Blue Ghost lunar lander is on its way to the moon, and just one day after it left Earth, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue ...

Venus can be viewed through binoculars during the planetary alignment A planetary alignment, one of the greatest planetary displays in years, will shortly take place. Also known as a planet parade ...

A planetary alignment, one of the greatest planetary displays in years, will shortly take place. Also known as a planet parade, six planets will line up in a row across the night sky from about 21 ...

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The constellation Lacerta the Lizard. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly Tonight, let’s visit a small, lesser-known constellation hanging in the northwestern sky after sunset: Lacerta the Lizard.

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar monster 20 times the mass of the sun. Supernovas in the early universe ...