Some objects were placed in space on purpose, symbolic gestures meant to inspire or amuse. Others were lost by accident, abandoned or forgotten during ambitious missions.

NASA's Lucy probe captures 1st close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing 'strikingly complicated geology' House-sized asteroid will pass within 72,000 miles of Earth on May 21 ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo looked at the Pleiades star cluster through his telescope and noticed that the seven or so ...

NASA have found something new moving in our Solar System. Even thought it's not water, still a phenomenon worth of time ...

We’re essentially opening a new window on the transient universe” said Matthew Siebert of the Space Telescope Science Institute, capturing the awe that swept through the astrophysics community after ...

A little-known fact to the general public is that there's more moving around Jupiter's orbit than just the giant gas planet. The first of these little-known companions to the Jovian giant was ...

Space probe to assess health of forests from Earth's orbit. April 29, 2025. Researchers claim to have revived a long-extinct dire wolf. April 8, 2025. Rocket launches Russians and American to the ISS.