On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this ...

We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The ...

Technique shows how to dispose trash on the International Space Station. Credit: ESA / mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

Space is getting crowded. Find out who’s writing the rules in 2025—and what it means for the future of satellites, launches, ...