Space

Russia is scheduled to launch an Iranian satellite into orbit on Tuesday, but Tehran brushed off fears that Moscow might use it in the war against Ukraine. Iran’s “Khayyam” satellite is scheduled to take off from...

South Korea’s first lunar orbiter successfully launched on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, Seoul said Friday, with the payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space. Danuri — a portmanteau of...

Monday marked a significant milestone toward the completion of China’s space station by the end of the year as astronauts entered the new lab module for the first time. The station is one of Beijing’s ambitious...

The “Amazing Dark Sky in Thailand” project, which features 12 stargazing destinations or dark sky conservation areas spread across Thailand’s five regions, was launched by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the National Astronomical Research...

The United States said on Friday it would resume flights to the International Space Station with Russia, despite its attempts to isolate Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine. “To ensure continued safe operations of the International...

The United States and Russia said Friday they would renew flights together to the International Space Station,  preserving one of the last areas of cooperation amid Western attempts to isolate Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine....

NASA’s James Webb Telescope has discovered water on an alien planet for the first time. This water has been found on a planet called WSP-96b, more than 1,000 light years away. News of the Independent. The...

The Apollo missions to the Moon brought a total of 2,196 rock samples to Earth. But NASA has only just started opening one of the last ones, collected 50 years ago. For all that time, some...

China on Monday denied responsibility for a rocket set to slam into the Moon, after experts said the piece of space junk likely came from Beijing’s lunar exploration programme. Astronomers initially thought the wayward object was...

Despite tremendous hype ahead of the uncommon presentation, Elon Musk gave an update on SpaceX’s plans to create its interplanetary Starship rocket on Thursday night but stopped short of revealing a firm launch date for an...