"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history." ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launched the GSLV-F15 rocket carrying the NVS-02 satellite. This marked its ...

Avi Loeb shares the story of how a Tesla Roadster had some astronomers convinced for a time that they had discovered a new ...

It is not the first time this has happenedA strange object initially thought to be a newly discovered asteroid ...

The capsule that will one day ferry Indian astronauts to space and return them to Earth has been fitted with the key ...

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

Earlier this month, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of an unusual asteroid close to Earth. Turns out, it was a car.

Soon, the Gaia spacecraft will leave orbit and begin its retirement in the depths of space. In the last 10 years, it has ...

In the meantime, there remains a chance to glimpse Gaia through a small telescope before its final retirement. Uwe Lammers, ...

Blue Origin's giant New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida early Thursday morning on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth's orbit for Jeff Bezos's space company as it aims ...

Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn heavy lift rocket into orbit for the first time early on Thursday, notching a key milestone for the company that could ...

Launched on December 19, 2013, the fuel tank of ESA’s star-mapping satellite Gaia is now approaching empty, but this is far from the end of the mission. Technology tests are scheduled for the weeks ...