A new space environment report from the ESA shows that Earth's space junk problem got significantly worse throughout 2024.

An emotional rescue for America came via the first U.S. artificial satellite. Explorer 1 was boosted into space by the Army ...

The decision by the Trump administration to defer maintenance of the Joint Polar Satellite System threatens to degrade the ...

More than 130 million pieces of space debris orbit Earth. Collisions with spacecraft risks disrupting critical navigation and ...

Where does all that space junk go? And what does climate change have to do with it? The answers are on this episode of The ...

By the year 2100, some parts of Earth orbit may have upwards of 66% less carrying capacity for satellites, according to a new ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad There are 11,905 satellites circling Earth — 7,356 in low orbit — according to the tracking website Orbiting Now. Satellites are critical for ...

orbiting objects will interfere with observations of the universe, as well as spaceflight safety experts who now see Starlink as the number one source of collision hazard in Earth's orbit.

Four private astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Friday after roughly four days orbiting the planet in a ...

Satellites orbiting Earth now make regular collision avoidance maneuvers to avoid damage to — or the destruction of — this critical space infrastructure. These avoidance maneuvers also impact ...

There are 11,905 satellites circling Earth — 7,356 in low orbit — according to the tracking website Orbiting Now. Satellites are critical for communications, navigation, weather forecasting ...