Instead of rocket fuel, LightSail 2 used photons, demonstrating the viability of solar sailing for future space missions.

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New Horizons—the famous NASA spacecraft that flew by Pluto in 2015—is now making new discoveries beyond the Kuiper Belt. With ...

Soon, there will be two moons above the Earth at once. The second Moon will appear in late September thanks to a new asteroid ...

A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily ...

Jielong-3 sea launch sends 8 satellites into orbit China launched its fourth Jielong-3 solid rocket from a sea platform late ...

For astronomers, finding a new black hole orbiting an aged red dwarf star is an exciting find in itself, but when that black hole seems to be a "missing link" stellar-mass black hole, you can crank ...

In an exciting astronomical development, Earth has acquired a new temporary satellite, affectionately dubbed a "mini-moon." ...

Earth to get a second moon this month, scientists reveal - Space rock to orbit Earth for brief period between September and ...

The mini-moon, named "2024 PT5", was discovered back in August and will be temporarily captured by Earth's gravitational pull ...

The study also provides an answer to the long-standing mystery of why Uranus's color changes slightly during its 84-year orbit of the sun. The authors came to their conclusion after first comparing ...