Comet C/2023 P1, Nishimura visible from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Space.com ...

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Astronomers tracking the skies around our planet have picked up two very different cosmic companions: a vast interstellar ...

Allegiant Travel ALGT1.22%increase; green up pointing triangle reached a roughly $1.1 billion deal to buy Sun Country Airlines as budget-focused U.S. airlines struggle with stiff competition from ...

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What just happened? There have been plenty of reports in recent times about near-misses of low Earth orbit satellites – most of them belonging to Starlink. In 2026, Elon Musk's company hopes to reduce ...

Abstract: The recent emergence of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) mega-constellations, designed for high-speed broadband connections with low latency, has introduced new deployment challenges. Efficient launch ...

Starlink will begin lowering the orbit of its satellite constellation in 2026, moving spacecraft currently operating at around 342 miles (550 km) down to 298 miles, as the company seeks to improve ...

Earth’s orbit is getting overcrowded, increasing the risk of satellite collisions that could disrupt vital services, create dangerous debris clouds, and—in some cases—send chunks of wreckage careening ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The earth’s journey around the Sun is not a perfect circle. Instead, our planet follows a slightly oval-shaped path called an ellipse, meaning our distance from the Sun changes ...