There are tens of thousands of satellites orbiting Earth, some of which are much older than you may expect. The oldest dates back to the dawn of the Space Age.

A new image of an asteroid, referred to as a “quasi-moon,” has been released ...

As the risk of crashes between objects in Earth orbit continues to grow, a new vote highlights the debate over who has the ...

Everyone who has ever lived on Earth has been well-aware of the moon, but it turns out Earth also has some frequent temporary companions. These "quasi-moons" are small asteroids that enter into a kind ...

The Outer Space Treaty bans nuclear weapons in orbit—but we currently have no way to verify that satellites aren't carrying them.

How much space junk is currently orbiting the earth? Credit: Space.com | animation: ESA | produced & edited by Steve Spaleta ...

What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a study recently posted to the arXiv preprint server hopes to ...

Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicts that a rotating mass like the Earth pulls the fabric of space and ...

A coalition of groups petition the FCC to conduct an environmental review of the potential impact of space-based data centers as a growing number of companies move to build them.