Satellites and chunks of space junk come close to colliding on a regular basis. The situation could get dangerously out of ...

As reported by timeanddate, the latest figures provided by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service show that the Earth is decelerating, with a day in 2024 lasting a fraction ...

You know L1 and L2 and polar and MEO. L3 and L4 and halo and GEO. But do you recall, the most famous orbit of all?

It is the combination of the Earth’s shape, your location on Earth, its rotation on its axis along with its (orbit) around the Sun that gives us our experience of longer, warmer days in summer ...

The International Space Station is an engineering feat that has led to countless scientific discoveries. Like the thousands ...

Though the winter solstice brings the shortest day of the year, it also signals the gradual return of light to the Northern Hemisphere.

Asteroid 2024 PT5 is about the size of a bus, standing at around 33 feet long, and researchers predict it will make a ...

Starting in late September, Earth is going to have a second moon for two brief months, as a small asteroid piece will be incorporated into the planet's orbit before heading back into outer space.

The rapid surge in satellites and growing debris in low Earth orbit (LEO) is pushing humanity toward a potential space catastrophe. Without international cooperation to manage orbital congestion ...

The asteroid, which scientists refer to as 2024 PT5, hails from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which contains rocks that follow an orbit quite similar to Earth’s. Occasionally, some of these ...

Earth is about to gain a temporary mini-moon as asteroid 2024 PT5 is captured by the planet's gravity from September 29 to November 25, 2024. Although it won’t complete a full orbit, its brief ...