The deep-space optical communication link could revolutionize how scientists communicate with spacecraft as they explore the ...

THERE may be a flaw in Nasa’s only defence against Earth-shattering asteroids, according to new analysis. In 2022, the US ...

L ast month, work began on the world’s first space-based gravitational wave detector. The European Space Agency and partner aerospace companies are developing orbiting, detector spacecraft to observe ...

The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on—electric grids, aviation and ...

When pop star Katy Perry and five other women made a much-publicized trip to the edge of space earlier this year, they faced ...

In 2020, the European Space Agency signed a contract with Swiss start-up ClearSpace SA to "purchase a unique service: the first-ever removal of an item of space debris from orbit," according to ESA. C ...

ESA has chosen five rocket firms to compete for €169mn contracts, aiming to restore Europe’s independent access to space.

The Space Act, which would apply to local and foreign companies, aims to simplify procedures, protect assets in orbit, level ...

Students in Southern Florida will have the chance Monday, July 14 to hear astronauts on the International Space Station ...

NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson splashed down safely in the Pacific early on Tuesday after her fifth trip to the International Space Station, joined by crewmates from India, Poland ...

ESA, the European Space Agency, successfully established Europe’s first deep-space optical communication link with NASA’s Psyche mission using a high-power fiber laser system from NKT Photonics. This ...

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...