Astronomers have discovered a new member of a rare and mysterious class of solar system objects known as sednoids — a subset of extreme trans-Neptunian objects (ETNOs) with exceptionally distant, ...
Satellite collisions in orbit could trigger a catastrophic global chain reaction, potentially halting space exploration, ...
AI is spurring ever more data satellites in space. How humanity plans to deal with the clutter is still an open question.
A study recently submitted to The Astronomical Journal continues to search for the elusive Planet Nine (also called Planet X), which is a hypothetical planet that potentially orbits in the outer ...
LEO, GEO, L2, SSO—oh my! The many types of useful orbits can get complicated fast, but our handy guide will help you make sense of it all. Reading time 1 minute Nearly 140 rockets have flown to space ...
The planets of our solar system all orbit the Sun within a few degrees of a flat plane extending out from our star’s equator — its equatorial plane. That makes sense. Our solar system began as a ...
Astronomers announced they discovered the TOI-201 planetary system, which greatly expands our understanding of how solar ...
Online travel agency Orbitz will soon find itself under the microscope again. As part of the transportation spending bill signed by President Bush on Tuesday, Congress has called on the Department of ...