Two satellites were launched to the geosynchronous orbit through the Atlas V satellite Friday. Two surveillance satellites will be added to monitor the current traffic in the geosynchronous orbit after the successful launch by Atlas V rocket Friday.
Astronomers and high school students in China detected zodiacal light in the skies of a few potentially habitable exoplanets, which could give scientists a clue of what other planets may look like.
The Sunspot AR29 eruption, generating a powerful M5.5-class solar flare, which has been recorded by the Solar Dynamics Observatory of NASA in an extreme ultraviolet flash, has recently been reported.
The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout of NASA will be visited by a spacecraft by unfolding a solar sail to harness solar radiation for propulsion, making this the first deep-space mission of its kind the agency, space news reports said.
The NASA Swift Observatory, which is meant to seek for gamma-ray radiation bursts and analyze their relation to black holes, is currently in swift mode after several glitches.
On Saturday, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft will leave the International Space Station (ISS) with supplies and research experiments for return to Earth.
In a study published recently, astronomer Sanchayeeta Borthakur from Arizona State University has identified the faint fuel reservoirs surrounding galaxies, and how much fuel can fall into galaxies, enabling them to form new planetary systems and stars.
NASA is looking for answers to the challenges presented by space waste. Have you ever wondered how astronauts managed to stay in space for so long without running out of resources or suffocating in their own waste? NASA is also curious about such things - especially when people start living on Mars.
After two cosmonauts performed a seven-hour spacewalk, Russia's new multi-port docking module at the International Space Station is ready to accept its maiden spacecraft.