There’s a sinking feeling in the gut when you pass a speed camera going a few kilometres an hour over. How much is my lead foot going to cost me? It’s a question that has apparently been asked a few ...

IVO Quantum drive seems to be showing a reduced orbital decay. Around October 1, 2025, the rate of orbital decay has slowed.

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Our first attempt at shifting the orbit of an asteroid has provided crucial insight into how we could safely deflect a space ...

Critics slammed attempts by Google, Microsoft and Meta to speed up materials discovery. But behind the hype, there is progress.

Even if you’re a Strava refuser or a smartwatch shunner, the purest of purist runners invariably have an ideal finish time in their heads when they arrive at a start line. If you’re going to hit or go ...

Every year, our planet makes one full trip around the Sun. And while that means we’re already moving at breakneck speeds, we’re about to ramp that speed up. Like, way up! Let’s turn Earth into a ...

In a surprise photobomb, a SpaceX Starlink satellite has appeared in a high-resolution image of a Chinese military airbase captured by a private American Earth observation satellite. Captured by Maxar ...

The International Space Station has been in orbit around the Earth, at least in some form, since November of 1998 — but not without help. In the vacuum of space, an object in orbit can generally be ...

This quiz will test your grasp of everything from orbital mechanics and international partnerships to basic facts about the ...

Scientists have created the world's hottest engine running at temperatures hotter than those reached in the sun's core. The ...