May 2, 2025 was National Space Day, an occasion to reflect on the history of the American spaceflight program for all its triumphs and tragedies, as well as to pause and consider all of the ...

The Oracle-M spacecraft are specifically designed to track objects in cislunar space, the vast region between Earth and the moon. The U.S. Space Force tested new thrusters designed for satellites ...

Space is getting increasingly crowded and experts are sounding the alarm. In a report, the European Space Agency said around 1,200 pieces of rocket and satellite debris fell back to Earth last year.

American military leaders are speaking more openly than ever about fighting in space — not just defending it. At the annual Space Symposium last month, senior officials conveyed a sharper ...

China’s ADA Space has launched the first of a planned 2,800-satellite network of AI supercomputers. China’s ADA Space has launched the first of a planned 2,800-satellite network of AI ...

The White House is reviving the National Space Council, a historically influential policy body that could help guide the administration’s ambitious space goals, while acting as a counterbalance ...

Space and Time, a blockchain project supported by Microsoft, has launched its public, permissionless mainnet to bring zero-knowledge (ZK)-proven data infrastructure to crypto applications.

But when it comes to refueling satellites in orbit — a capability touted by commercial space companies — top U.S. Space Force officials remain unconvinced. “I don’t know that I see the ...

The first time a physicist told me they wanted to get rid of space-time, on a cold January morning earlier this year, I stopped typing my interview notes and clutched my New Scientist mug of tea.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Amazon's Project Kuiper's first production satellites lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo ...

India is conducting a rare and very sophisticated "dogfight" in space between a 'chaser' and 'target' satellite orbiting nearly 500 kilometers above the Earth. This comes close on the heels of ...

Building on its acquisition of quantum networking company Qubitekk, IonQ announces it has entered into an agreement to acquire Capella Space with plans to unlock the world’s first space-based ...