Quantum communication has quietly crossed a new threshold, with researchers now showing that fragile quantum states can be ...

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Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories. But a new study suggests these orbiters will also contaminate observations by four space telescopes, including Hubble ...

The secret behind how the International Space Station remains in orbit can be traced all the way back to the genius of Sir Isaac Newton. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Earth's orbit is an ellipse, not a perfect circle. Earth's distance from the Sun varies by about 3 million miles throughout the year. Earth's orbit's semimajor axis is approximately 93 million miles.

More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...

The mini-satellite, named 3UCubed, was built over 5 years by students at Sonoma State, Howard and the University of New ...

"Everything we have ever designed to go into space has been one mission, one life. It's sort of crazy." The world at large is working to stop the fast-progressing degradation of Earth's environment.

There is more space junk in Earth's orbit now than ever before. And this growing problem is creating an increasingly hazardous environment for operational spacecraft and satellites. Space junk ...