In the last five years, the number of satellites orbiting Earth has more than doubled and will likely double again within a similar timespan, thanks to the efforts of private companies such as SpaceX.

If Starlink continues scaling up operations, there could be as many as five of these satellites raining down on us daily.

An Australian company that is a leader in taking images of spacecraft in low Earth orbit wants to widen its aperture to ...

"Everything we have ever designed to go into space has been one mission, one life. It's sort of crazy." The world at large is working to stop the fast-progressing degradation of Earth's environment.

Every day, Starlink satellites are burning up above us, leaving behind metal pollution, debris, and growing concern about the ...

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Earth's magnetosphere protects our planet from being constantly bombarded by solar wind that can disrupt satellites, GPS and other technology. To better understand the phenomenon, NASA plans to place ...

One of the most important satellite launches of all time was that of Sputnik. When the Soviet satellite became the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth on October 4, 1957, space must have seemed ...

This quiz will test your grasp of everything from orbital mechanics and international partnerships to basic facts about the ...