With its wide field of view, the TESS space observatory continuously monitors large swathes of the sky and records the faintest fluctuations in light. Its mission is to discover worlds orbiting ...

Astronomers at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), working with international collaborators, have made a striking discovery involving a previously unknown type of cosmic ...

Imagine looking up at the night sky and spotting a huge, mysterious interstellar object racing through space, coming from far beyond our solar system. It is moving fast, and it seems to be heading in ...

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Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is on the opposite side of the sun from Earth - but several spacecraft are in the perfect position to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Astronomers have spotted what they think might be an "interstellar object" hurtling through the ...

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As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming ...

Just in May of this year, the Soviets struck a ground target from orbit. Never mind that they didn't intend to; in fact, never mind that there are no 'Soviets' anymore. A piece of Cosmos 482, a rocket ...

Explore the challenges of international patent law in regulating innovation amid a permanent human presence in outer space.