Two satellites just carefully lined up to form a perfect “artificial total solar eclipse” in orbit. Earlier this year, the two probes, which are part of the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission, ...

One of the two spacecraft that make up Europe's Proba-3 solar-eclipse mission just reestablished contact with its handlers ...

Three of the world’s most influential astronomy organizations filed formal objections on March 16, 2026, against two ...

How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to advance mapping and imaging methods on other planets? This is what a study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address ...

Two European satellites created an "artificial total solar eclipse" in space, the European Space Agency announced June 16, delivering data that will improve scientists' understanding of the sun and ...

Should a million new satellites be launched, in the orbits and with the sizes proposed, the stars we are able to see at night ...

The first artificial satellite put into orbit was Sputnik I. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, more than 10 years before the U.S. put a man on the moon. It was only about the size of a ...

How Is the NRO Evolving Its Satellite Architecture? Speaking at the Goddard Space Science Symposium hosted by the American ...

For years, the commercial space sector has been abuzz about the prospect of satellite "super constellations" in Earth orbit. These satellites would provide everything from communications and ...