According to astronomer and spacecraft tracker Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the bright object was likely a Starlink satellite burning up in Earth's ...

A NASA super pressure balloon at altitude ... to every square meter of the Earth’s surface within the next few years, at increasingly lower cost per satellite. With the lifespan of a single ...

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An LSU-led team would like to use a high-flying Antarctic balloon-borne infrared telescope to detect the chemical makeup of some 300 red dwarf stars.

The Chinese spy balloon flew from Alaska to the East Coast, where it was shot down by the military over the Atlantic Ocean on ...

“Watching the video footage, we were struck by how round the Earth really is,” said Yamada. The club started the Space Balloon Project in October last year to make the charms of the universe ...

Heavy dead satellite falls back to Earth The satellite was estimated to have a mass of around 2,294 kg after being depleted of fuel. "On average, an object of similar mass reenters Earth's ...

Security camera footage posted on the social media platform Sina Weibo captured the scene of two family members reacting to an explosion near their home that lit up the night sky. Fortunately, the ...

Plans to set up a space centre in Shetland have taken another step forward with a feasibility study into using Unst as a launch site for a new satellite balloon system. Shetland Space Centre has ...