Why do satellites sometimes malfunction suddenly, even when they haven't hit anything? The barrier to entry known as charging ...

Hosts Julie Hyman, Pras Subramanian, and Jake Conley take a closer look at the space sector's big week with SpaceX's (SPCX) ...

The United States has officially acknowledged deploying operational space control weapons on orbit to defend American and allied military assets.

Did you know nearly 17,500 satellites have been launched since 1957? Or what about the fact that more than 10% of those launches weren't registered internationally? While more and more orbital objects ...

Bean from Apollo 12 puts the plutonium-238 fuel from the lunar module into the SNAP-27 (Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power) ...

An "extraordinary" signal from outer space has provided new insight into the formation of the universe. Astronomers pinpointed the source of the powerful flash of radio waves that had traveled for ...

Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.

World Space Week runs Oct. 4 to Oct. 10, bringing space-themed events to more than 100 countries. (Photo: Adobe Stock) ...