A collision would occur in just 2.8 days if all satellites lost their ability to dodge each other, highlighting how crowded Earth’s orbit is becoming. In the past seven years, the number of satellites ...

The CRASH Clock is a new predictor of how much time there will be before a collision if a solar storm knocks out power and ...

It's no understatement to say that the modern world could not function without our satellites, but they're a lot more vulnerable than you may think.

Could we prevent in-orbit crashes in the future by using advanced computer models?

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could contaminate almost all the images taken by space telescopes, NASA astronomers ...

Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after retirement, raising new concerns about debris in high Earth orbit.

SpaceX has launched thousands of satellites into orbit to provide high-speed internet access over the past few years. Companies like OneWeb and Amazon are doing the same. Research is now being done to ...

SpaceX has asked the FCC to approve a constellation of space-based data centers for AI training, a move that could overwhelm ...

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope, reside in low Earth orbit, or LEO, which tops out at about 1,200 miles (2 ...