The exoplanet, TOI-715 b, is about one and a half times the width of Earth. Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet ...

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"It's a rare opportunity to place our own solar system in a broader galactic context." Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected the first planet seen orbiting a dead star, ...

HELSINKI — China has sent several small spacecraft into specialized lunar and cislunar orbits to test communications, navigation and orbital dynamics for planned Earth-moon infrastructure. China’s DRO ...

The agency has cheaper and farther-reaching missions in its sights. NASA is asking six companies to help the agency move spacecraft between difficult-to-reach orbits. The agency recently awarded a ...

A concept graphic of Infinite Orbits' Orbit Guard Space Domain Awareness microsatellite, released in August 2025. (Infinite Orbits) France's Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) on behalf of French ...