Spacecraft

Starlink to reconfigure satellites into lower, safer orbit in 2026

This comes after Starlink said in December that one of its satellites experienced an anomaly in space, creating a "small" amount of debris and cutting off communications with the spacecraft.

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SPACEX STARLINK 5 satellites are pictured in the sky seen from Svendborg on South Funen, Denmark April 21, 2020.
This image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera, July 21, 2025.

NASA releases images of comet 3I/ATLAS, rejects alien spacecraft 'rumors'

While the comet's precise point of origin remains unclear, the NASA scientists said they believe it hails from a solar system older than our own, which formed about 4.5 billion years ago.

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Astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie attend a see-off ceremony for the Shenzhou-20 spaceflight mission at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China April 24, 2025.

Chinese astronauts' return delayed to Earth after debris hits spacecraft

China’s space agency said that the delay was to ensure the astronauts’ safety and health and has not yet announced alternative dates for Dong, Zhongrui, and Jie’s return.

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The spacecraft is on its way to crash into the asteroid’s moon

How the world won’t be destroyed: NASA found a solution to a worrying problem

NASA proved for the first time that a small spacecraft can deflect an asteroid. The DART mission collided with Dimorphos, showing humanity can protect itself from cosmic disasters.

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NASA renames cosmic body after nicknaming it with term used by Nazis

It will now be called Arrokoth instead.

NOVEMBER 14, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
A view of the Milky Way from an area of Puyehue National Park near Osorno City, Chile, May 8, 2008