In a paper published in Acta Astronautica, the researchers demonstrated how origami may be the solution to low Earth orbit’s ...

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Tens of thousands of pieces of space debris are hurtling around Earth right now. These defunct satellites, spent rocket ...

Here’s how artists imagined Earth would look from space. Illustration by Chesley Bonestell. No one saw our earth as an entire planet hanging in empty space until 1960, when a Russian satellite ...

Earth has rarely looked as remarkable as it does in this stunning shot (above) captured by NASA astronaut Don Pettit from the ...

Over 6,600 tons of space junk are orbiting Earth, posing a threat to satellites and future space missions. Learn about the growing problem and cleanup efforts.

As humanity rushes back to space, we seem to be repeating some of the mistakes we’ve made on Earth. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan Supported by By Jaime Green Cassini was crashed into ...

BD+20 307: "Who doesn't love a 'sister Earth' smashing into another world? Portraying the drama of the crash was a stimulating challenge for me," Cook said. "Aside from being my most popular ...