The place where I grew up has a body. To anyone passing through on the way to Boston, it may look like every other small town in Massachusetts, but I know what’s underneath the skin. Main Street is ...

Subtle shifts in Earth's orbit shaped ancient lake climates — and where oil-rich shale formed as a result. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Michael Nicholls, vice president of Starlink engineering, posted the news on social platform X, announcing the company’s plan to change the orbit of the satellites in order to reduce the chances of ...

A collision would occur in just 2.8 days if all satellites lost their ability to dodge each other, highlighting how crowded Earth’s orbit is becoming. In the past seven years, the number of satellites ...

US-based Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced it will acquire Israel-based Orbit Technologies Ltd. for $356.3 million in cash, a move that highlights the growing strategic importance of ...

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Could a passing star be on a collision course with our solar system and, eventually, Earth? It’s difficult to know if such an outcome is likely. Recently, researchers have found the Milky Way likely ...

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Lumen Orbit’s co-founders are, from left, CEO Philip Johnston, chief technology officer Ezra Feilden and chief engineer Adi Oltean. (Lumen Orbit Photo) Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit, a startup ...

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse that is slightly elongated with an eccentricity of 0.017. (An eccentricity of 0 is a circle, while the dwarf planet Pluto has a relatively ...

Seated, left to right, are D-Orbit CEO Luca Rossettini and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher signing an agreement for Europe's first life extension mission for a satellite in geostationary orbit.

The innovative use of aerobraking will allow the X-37B to efficiently and safely dispose of the service module, using minimal fuel thanks to decades of experience of the scientific community ...