A satellite that looks like a Star Wars tie fighter craft is expected to crash into Earth next week - but scientists don't know where it will land. The UK Space Agency said on Friday that they are ...

the ERS-2 satellite resembles a "Star Wars" TIE fighter. Credit: HEO / UK Space Agency It's both normal and necessary for defunct satellites to plummet to Earth. In the case of ERS-2, ESA spent ...

A satellite due to fall to Earth later ... attention of Star Wars fans on social media who are convinced the 2.5 tonne hunk of space debris looks exactly like an Imperial TIE fighter.

The small, incredibly maneuverable TIE Fighter ship is perhaps even more iconic than the X-Wing, which is truly saying something. From the original Star Wars Trilogy to the sequels, the ship has ...

The problem? The “drone” in question is unmistakably a Star Wars TIE Fighter prop, spotted being transported on a flatbed truck. The tweet, which criticized federal inaction regarding ...

As some readers likely gathered, the spacecraft strapped to the truck was actually a replica of a "Star Wars" TIE fighter, not an "unidentified" or "crashed drone." The fictional imperial ...