US Space Force aims to deploy maneuverable spacecraft, not as isolated units but housed within a central "mothership" capable ...

A private European aerospace company has scrubbed the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle. Isar Aerospace says it ...

Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...

A research team led by Professor Sun Qing-Feng in collaboration with Professor He Lin's research group from Beijing Normal ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

In this hypothetical planetary system depicted over time, the planets b through f are depicted at three distinct stages ... A ...

Samantha Harvey's "Orbital," the winner of the 2024 Booker Prize, is not just a novel; it's an experience. Reading "Orbital" took me back to a time when I went hiking in the mountains. Standing ...

The interplay of both processes through complex geochemical interactions on the surface of our planet shape and regulate the climate we live in. "Just like a metronome, we used the rhythmic ...

"Mission 7 broke new ground by showcasing the X-37B’s ability to flexibly accomplish its test and experimentation objectives across orbital regimes." Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space ...

Designated Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the autonomous spacecraft launched on December 28, 2023, marking several firsts for the program – including its first flight aboard SpaceX’s Falcon ...

For the study, the researchers analyzed data from NASA’s now-retired Kepler Space Telescope regarding the orbital shapes, also known as eccentricities, on 1,646 exoplanets whose sizes range between ...