The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured a detailed image of the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, ...

Earth has captured asteroids and pulled them into orbit with its gravity before, but often these space rocks fly by without completing a full circuit around the planet. Compared t ...

In an update shared today, SpaceX said that Dragon has achieved an apogee (farthest point from Earth) of 1,400.7 km, making ...

Earth will welcome a temporary mini-moon named 2024 PT5, which will orbit our planet from late September to late November ...

Polaris Dawn just made history again. SpaceX's private crew of four astronauts performed the world's first commercial ...

An asteroid, pulled into Earth’s orbit, is sometimes known as a ‘mini-moon.’ You’ll need a telescope to view it ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Jared Isaacman, who recently commanded the Polaris Dawn mission, about what it was like to be the first private citizen to walk in space.

Splashdown northwest of Key West, Florida, closed out a mission highlighted by the first non-government civilian spacewalk.

Below, view how the seasons change with Earth's orbit around the sun: Eleanor Lutz, an award-winning graphics designer who has worked for The New York Times and the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant ...

Unable to view our graphics? Click here to see them. At times, the gravitational pull of neighboring planets can bring asteroids into Earth's orbit. These small objects, such as 2024 PT5 ...

Current estimates according to BBC, indicate there are 6,402 Starlink satellites in orbit at approximately 342 miles (550 km) above Earth. These satellites are relatively sizable, featuring 3 ...