Starlink satellites appear to be at the mercy of the Sun's whims. A recent study reveals a link between their lifespan and ...

Live updates from the launch of the EUMETSAT MTG-S1 weather satellite for ESA. Liftoff occurred at 5:04 p.m. July 1 from ...

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

Satellites that retire are deorbited into a graveyard orbit within 25 years of their missions ending. This is the case with ...

The financial performance of the sector has also been strained. Losses from satellite insurance exceeded premiums in several recent years, with 2023 alone reportedly seeing around $500 million in ...

As space junk increases, more operators are choosing to launch without any insurance at all. To compensate, companies are ...

Satellite operator trade body GSOA  has welcomed the European Commission’s publication of the proposed EU Space Act and the ...

Japan aims to take the initiative in establishing international rules as soon as possible, as space debris removal technology could potentially be utilized by a country to neutralize another’s ...

The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.

A new study published on arXiv suggests a potentially catastrophic scenario for Earth’s satellites and space infrastructure ...

Relay 2 became inoperable nearly 60 years ago, but for a brief moment in 2024, it outshone the rest of the sky.

First thought to have originated from a distant cosmic object, the short and intense signal was actually coming from much ...