Arcturus (at a magnitude of -0.05), one of the few stars mentioned by name in the Bible, is a giant, about 25 times the ...

In recent years, the expansion of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations has made satellite communications cool again ...

A n experiment has visualized a prediction about objects traveling at the speed of light known as the Penrose-Terrell Effect, first made over 60 years ago.

The sudden loss of a large U.S. Department of Defense contract has added to Eutelsat’s geostationary challenges as the French ...

A small piece of outer space recreated in a basement in Glasgow could help ensure that a key enabling technology for future space missions won’t lead to deadly ‘rifle bullets’ of space junk circling ...

A century ago, Pope Leo XIII defended workers’ rights during the Industrial Revolution. Will Leo XIV do the same for AI?

Stefan Osdene unpacks some of his watch collection from lockboxes stored at a Madison-area bank. Some of his sentimental ...

The US Space Force (USSF) and US Air Force (USAF) have cleared a key milestone towards creating a space-based intelligence, ...

This article first appeared in the May 2025 issue of SpaceNews Magazine with the title “Big ideas need big rockets.” ...

A network of Cold War-era infrasound sensors can help scientists reconstruct trajectories of falling space objects.

According to NASA, an Old English name for the May full moon is the milk moon. In 703 AD, the English monk St. Bede the ...

Our own planet represents a tiny fraction of the peculiar phenomena that can be found lurking throughout the cosmos, and ...