California-based start-up Orbital has raised funding from a16z speedrun as it closes in on its first test mission next year ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) As an engineer and professor who is developing technologies to extend the human ...

Property rights underpin capitalism here on Earth, they must do the same in space – a new book by City AM columnist Rainer ...

BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Azenta, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZTA) today announced a strategic partnership with Frontier Space, a pioneer in commercial space-based research systems, to ...

Out in space, the four-member crew of Integrity is on its way home to Earth after the first lunar flyby in more than 50 years ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) John Fairchild was charged with third-degree child sexual abuse material possession in ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sven Bilén, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting ...

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope, reside in low Earth orbit, or LEO, which tops out at about 1,200 miles (2 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Which is why it’s fortunate there’s another orbit, even closer to Earth, that promises ...