A large chunk of burning detritus discovered in the Pilbara desert of Western Australia appears to be space junk that reentered Earth's atmosphere, the Western Australia Police Force has announced.

But what's the point of having religious messages in space when there's no-one there to read them? This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to ...

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That leftover clutter might not sound like a big deal, but it’s starting to raise real concerns among scientists and space agencies. What’s floating above us isn’t just harmless debris. It’s part of a ...

A large chunk of suspected space debris has been found in a remote part of the Australian desert, the country’s space agency confirmed Monday. The charred and smoldering object was found in the ...

Scientists have released a new study that catalogues the universe by mapping huge clusters of galaxies. These clusters are some of the largest known objects in the universe — and they can help ...

Lucas, Kansas has become an unlikely pilgrimage site for travelers seeking the wonderfully weird. World’s Largest Things, Inc. stands as a monument to America’s obsession with supersized roadside ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

We often think of dinosaurs as huge beasts, who would have been just as impressive as they were terrifying. However, dinosaurs existed in a huge range of sizes and shapes. Today, we’re focusing the ...

Light and space legend James Turrell is set to unveil his largest, and “most ambitious,” Skyspace installation to date. Much like all of Turrell’s Skyspace’s, the installation envelops the domed space ...

Space will be in the spotlight at Dubai Airshow 2025 (DAS25) with its largest-ever Space Pavilion, organised in partnership with the UAE Space Agency, one of the Airshow’s strategic partners. The five ...

What just happened? Three of Europe's biggest aerospace providers are moving under one umbrella. The alliance marks the most significant EU space industry restructuring in more than two decades. It is ...