Our understanding of the galaxy has advanced with every leap in the number of stars. From early observations to more and more advanced space and ground-based telescopes, each milestone has revealed ...

At the center of the Milky Way, a supermassive black hole hides behind veils of dust, gas, and warped spacetime. Now a ...

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Space startup General Galactic aims to fly a satellite using only water for in-orbit ...

Aetherflux, a California-based startup, has unveiled its bold new initiative: the “Galactic Brain” project. The goal? To launch a network of solar-powered satellites into low Earth orbit, designed to ...

The Ceres-1 Y7 carrier rocket, shown in August 2023 carrying seven satellites, including the Xiguang-1 01, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. On Sunday, the 62-foot ...

FARNBOROUGH, England— Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the private space tourism company Virgin Galactic, unveiled plans today (July 11) to add satellite launches to its list of ...

HELSINKI — Chinese commercial launch company Galactic Energy successfully sent eight satellites into orbit early Monday with its light-lift Ceres-1 rocket. The Ceres-1 solid rocket lifted off at 4:07 ...

But... when an object gets ejected by a star, it's not going to be radically beyond escape velocity. It's going to maintain a similar orbit around the galaxy as the ...

Virgin Galactic's Sir Richard Branson announced a new approach to getting satellites into low-earth orbit at the Farnborough Air Show with its LauncherOne project. The air-launched LauncherOne rocket ...