Skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere have been treated to a stunning celestial display with the recent appearance of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS).
The U.S. Space Force recently announced that its highly secretive X-37B spaceplane, currently in orbit since December 28, 2023, will undertake a series of complex orbital maneuvers to modify its ...
The asteroid is set to take a similar orbital path that a moon does around a planet and will remain in Earth's celestial atmosphere until November. And while it may be a mini-moon, it won't be as ...
Orbital angular momentum monopoles have been the subject of great theoretical interest as they offer major practical advantages for the emerging field of orbitronics, a potential energy-efficient ...
Reflect Orbital plans to deploy 57 small satellites into low-Earth orbit. Each satellite will be outfitted with a 33-square-foot reflective Mylar mirror. These mirrors are designed to reflect ...
This is the future that Reflect Orbital imagines is possible. The startup is developing satellites that would deploy large mirrors to precisely reflect sunlight onto specific points on the ground.