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Planned ‘megaconstellations’ of satellites could cause unforeseen harm to the ozone layer and climate systems. Global ...

Researchers used a pair of powerful supercomputers to simulate the potential trajectories of 1 million satellites in a cislunar orbit between Earth and the moon. Less than 10% of these orbits remained ...

Space is getting crowded — nowadays, over 45,000 human-made objects orbit Earth. A portion of that figure is indeed ...

Hundreds of satellites may soon be flying in orbital regions that are already too packed to allow safe and long-term operations, a new study suggests. The study found that, while in 2019 only 0.2% of ...

Very low Earth orbit satellites are moving from engineering curiosity to strategic priority, promising sharper images, faster links, and cleaner space around our planet. By flying just a few hundred ...

From Super Bowl ads to new constellation announcements, satellites are suddenly everywhere. What’s driving this surge in activity, and what should we make of it?

By Shreepoorna S Rao For the last thirty years, most of the world’s Earth data has come from satellites. That architecture ...

Now decades after the fabled Space Race of the 1950 and '60s, humanity's presence in space has dramatically increased. While it is remarkable that humans have so much floating around in Earth's orbit, ...

If executed at the scale, Musk's orbital data center plan could have devastating effects on the environment and the ...

Solar Cycle 25 has reached its most active phase, bringing stronger solar flares and geomagnetic storms that may affect Earth’s technology.