Oxford Space Systems and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) today announced the successful in-orbit deployment of ...

The Pentagon for decades has treated launch as the central logistical problem of military space. Once a satellite reaches ...

Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after ...

NASA lost contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter in early December and has been unable to reconnect with the vehicle. NASA plans ...

Despite decades of warnings, governments and private companies have continued launching missions with little plan for what ...

The star at the center of the solar system does more than provide light and warmth. It also acts as the most powerful particle accelerator in the neighborhood, whipping electrons to near-light speed ...

Scientists watched a solar flare grow from tiny magnetic sparks into a violent plasma-raining avalanche on the Sun.

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