"Each time a satellite has to maneuver to avoid a potential collision, it uses fuel which is a finite and precious resource." ...
A new study led by researchers at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) reveals how the disks of galaxies like ...
Our galaxy and its nearest large companion, Andromeda, may be headed for a collision on a cosmic scale. What happens then?
Six years ago, during the pandemic, government officials rediscovered bicycles. With public transportation collapsing and ...
When it comes to the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, there’s a whole “will they or won’t they” thing going on. In 2012 ...
Nearly half the manmade objects orbiting Earth are chunks of “uncontrollable” space junk — with just three countries fueling ...
For nearly a decade, scientists have been trying to understand a set of strange blue flashes coming from deep space. These ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared and Mid-Infrared instruments (NIRCam & MIRI) have delivered imagery of ...
NASA's recent asteroid impact has led to an unexpected cosmic phenomenon. The debris from the DART mission is traveling much ...
As of early 2026, there are around 15,800 tonnes of space junk floating in the atmosphere – equivalent to the weight of ...
Astronomers believe Triton may not have originally formed around Neptune.
For decades, astronomers have described the galaxy cluster Abell 2029, a vast city of galaxies in the Virgo constellation, as ...