Accurate estimation of the ionosphere is essential for reliable Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning, timing, and space weather applications. A key challenge lies in converting slant ...

A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system ...

Rocket Lab smashes its launch record in 2025, closing the year with 21 straight successes and a Japanese satellite launch.

Rocket Lab launched its 21st and final mission of the year over the weekend, sending a private Japanese Earth-observing ...

The international space company Rocket Lab successfully launched its 21st Electron mission of the year Sunday, ending 2025 ...

An image of the Port of Jebel Ali in the UAE taken by BlackSky’s newest Gen-3 satellite shortly after its Nov. 20 launch on an Electron. Credit: BlackSky BREMEN, Germany — Earth observation company ...

If you watch sci-fi movies, you’d think that flying a spaceship is just like driving a slightly more complicated car (or a Winnebago in Spaceballs). And George Lucas gave us those galactic battles ...

The lanthanide elements’ 4f electron orbitals are notoriously shy and retiring, and they were long thought to be unwilling partners in chemical bonding. Now chemists have brought out a surprising ...

A small team is rescuing a “ridiculous amount” of shells from restaurant trash bins and using them to rebuild oyster habitat in Long Island Sound. Credit... Supported by By Kate Selig Photographs and ...

You might think space as a vast emptiness. But according to the European Space Agency, it's getting incredibly crowded – at least around our planet. A European Space Agency report released April 1 ...