Earth has a newly discovered—albeit temporary—companion in its journey around the sun. In research published this month in ...

An Orbital Sciences Antares rocket lifting off from Wallops, Va., to resupply the International Space Station exploded on liftoff a short time ago. The payload included the Arkyd 3, the first test ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A private spaceflight company took one small step for asteroid mining this week with the launch ...

<strong>The UpTake:</strong> Bill Nye is no mere theoretical physicist, now that the team he's in charge of has crossed a very real space-age milestone. expand Bill ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Planetary Resources just took another big step toward its asteroid-mining goal. The company's ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, in an effort to advance scientific research, development, and discovery from the NICFI Satellite Data ...

Workers prepare Planetary Resources’ Arkyd-6 technology demonstrator satellite for shipment at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash. (Planetary Resources via YouTube) Planetary Resources has ...

Planetary Resources just took another big step toward its asteroid-mining goal. The company's Arkyd-6 satellite rode to space last night (Jan. 11) atop an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).