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Mystery as declassified 1980s US spy satellite inexplicably explodes
Oct 1, 2026The orbital platform - which was known as USA 32 - broke into pieces last month and nobody seems to know why.
SpaceX celebrates as Starship reaches Earth's orbit for the first time
VIDEO Sep 29, 2026The latest test launch achieved a major milestone in the quest to build a rocket capable of carrying humans to Mars.
Radio signals detected from extrasolar planet for the first time
Sep 23, 2026This significant discovery could pave the way toward finding habitable worlds orbiting distant stars.
Firm given go-ahead to launch 'sunlight on demand' orbital mirror
Jul 14, 2026It will soon be possible to create day from night using a satellite in orbit - but not everyone is enthusiastic about the idea.
There could be a nuke in orbit right now and we wouldn't be able to tell
Jul 11, 2026Nuclear weapons are banned in space, but it may be very difficult to actually determine if any are up there or not.
NASA to attempt unprecedented rescue of stricken orbital observatory
Jun 29, 2026The Swift telescope is in a decaying orbit and will soon be unrecoverable if something isn't done within the next few months.
China's mystery space plane releases unknown object in orbit
Jun 28, 2026China has deployed an unidentified payload in orbit around the Earth using its secretive Shenlong space plane.
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead due to mystery fault
Jun 4, 2026The iconic Mars spacecraft has ended its mission after more than 11 years in orbit around the Red Planet.
Atmosphere discovered on tiny world beyond the orbit of Neptune
May 5, 2026The remarkable and completely unexpected find has called into doubt what we know of atmospheric retention.
Dream Chaser: could the reusable space plane's dream be over?
Apr 16, 2026A space plane once hoped to be a successor to NASA's space shuttles may ultimately never make it to orbit.
Elon Musk's proposed orbital data centers will be larger than the ISS
VIDEO Mar 24, 2026The SpaceX CEO has revealed new details about his plans for the future, including building AI chips at an unprecedented scale.
SpaceX proposes orbital data center made up of 1 million satellites
Feb 2, 2026Elon Musk's space firm is seeking regularity approval to develop a satellite constellation of unprecedented scale.
Manned lunar mission on track to launch in less than four weeks
Jan 11, 2026The first manned mission to orbit the Moon in decades is still on course to launch as early as February 6th.
Mystery as NASA probe suddenly falls silent in orbit around Mars
Dec 12, 2025A spacecraft that has been in orbit around Mars for over a decade has suddenly stopped communicating.
Astronomers discover nearby, potentially habitable 'Super-Earth'
Oct 23, 2025Situated just 18.2 light-years away, this newfound extrasolar world is in orbit around a red dwarf star.
Surprising discovery finds evidence of activity on distant dwarf planet
Sep 29, 2025Scientists have discovered evidence of methane gas on Makemake - a tiny world situated beyond the orbit of Pluto.
Evidence of giant planet found in orbit around one of our nearest neighbors
Aug 13, 2025Astronomers believe that they have discovered a gas giant in orbit around the star Alpha Centauri A.
Earth could one day be flung out of the solar system, scientists claim
May 31, 2025A passing star could disrupt the orbits of the planets and cause the Earth to be flung off into deep space.
Astronomers have discovered a new minor planet beyond the orbit of Pluto
May 26, 2025The previously unseen world is believed to orbit far out at a range of 838 times Earth's distance from the Sun.
First-of-its-kind NASA image shows rover on Mars taken from space
Apr 29, 2025A remarkable new image snapped from orbit shows the Curiosity rover trundling across the surface of Mars.
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