GPS Is Vulnerable to Attack. Magnetic Navigation Can Help
Far above your head, constellations of satellites are working constantly to provide the positioning,...
NASA Wants to Explore the Icy Moons of Jupiter and Saturn With Autonomous Robots
Europa’s orbit is an ellipse, and the satellite’s shape is affected by Jupiter’s gravity,...
Why Is It So Tricky to Show the Sun, Earth, and Moon in a Diagram?
Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact...
NASA Will Do Space in Style With the Prada Axiom Spacesuit
This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. “We...
The Polaris Dawn Spaceflight Was More Than Just a Billionaire Joyride
A white spacecraft, lightly toasted like a marshmallow and smelling of singed metal, fell...
How to View the ‘Comet of the Century’ C/2023 A3
This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish....
John McFall, the Astronaut Flag Bearer at the Paris Paralympics, Is Ready to Fly
At first we studied how my disabilities and prosthesis might affect my ability to...
The Vacuum of Space Will Decay Sooner Than Expected
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Vacuum decay, a process...
How to See the Conjunction Between Mars, Jupiter, and the Moon
This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish....
This Gargantuan Lab Simulates Blasting Satellites Into Space
Satellites go through a lot. As they hurtle around our planet at up to...
