Orbit

The China National Space Administration says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has executed a manoeuvre to adjust its orbit as it nears Mars.

The China National Space Administration says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has executed a manoeuvre to adjust its orbit as it nears Mars.

Among black hole hunters, a group has dedicated itself to looking for specific types: singularities of intermediate size between the

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Researchers from Harvard University looked at the mechanics of the solar system, including comets in the Oort cloud and their movements over millions of years.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are conducting experiments with an antimicrobial surface coating designed to fight the spread of bacteria and viruses, including the Earth-bound SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the current COVID-19 pandemic. Developed by Boeing and The University of Queensland (UQ), the joint research project was tested aboard Boeing's ecoDemonstrator aircraft last …

Astronomers confirmed the orbit of the most distant object in our solar system, and have found that at times it is even further away than previously thought.

It has recently come to light that a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have detected the existence of a planetoid that is almost four times farther from the sun than pluto.

Cui Tingting dyed her hair Mars red for the arrival of China's spacecraft at the planet known in Chinese as the Fire Star. "This is a great era for space, and...

Few 1-year-olds are as intrepid explorers as NASA and the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter. The space probe is already 222 million kilometres from Earth and is about to take baby's first trip behind the Sun. Launched on February 10, 2020, it's finally conjunction season for the plucky little spacecraft,...

ELON MUSK revealed his fears that humans could 'self-extinguish' before SpaceX is able to help colonise Mars, adding that 'we're looking a little rickety right now'.

After hurtling hundreds of millions of kilometres through space since July last year, three robotic explorers are ready to hit the brakes at Mars.

China hopes to ultimately land its Tianwen-1 spacecraft on a massive impact basin on Mars in May.

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Some of the baby radio galaxies found may not be 'babies' at all. Rather, they may be 'angsty teens', rapidly growing into adults much faster than researchers had anticipated.

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Two high school students, working as part of a mentorship program, discovered four exoplanets in a distant solar system.

SpaceX announced Monday it's aiming to launch this year the first all-civilian mission into Earth's orbit, led by a tech billionaire who plans to raffle off

According to astronomers, Earth's latest artificial satellite is about to become a former satellite as it prepares to zip off into the inky blackness of space.