AI is spurring ever more data satellites in space. How humanity plans to deal with the clutter is still an open question.

Canadian space company MDA announced the launch of a purpose-built defense satellite called Midnight, it can protect, refuel, ...

On Wednesday, three NASA astronomers released an analysis showing that several planned orbital telescopes would see their images criss-crossed by planned satellite constellations, such as a fully ...

A proposed launch of one million satellites could overwhelm the night sky with artificial objects.

The team selected six satellites placed in two orbital planes, mirroring successful constellations used around Earth and Mars. They used phase space diagrams to study how each satellite’s position ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A dramatic rise in the number of internet satellites ...

In 2025, India received 1.5 lakh alerts regarding risk to satellites due to debris amid record launches, highlighting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this rendering, light from passing satellites mars a photo taken by a space telescope. NASA Ames / A. S. Borlaff, P. M. Marcum, ...

A rendering of a satellite orbiting Earth. - 3dsculptor/Getty Images Now decades after the fabled Space Race of the 1950 and '60s, humanity's presence in space has dramatically increased. While it is ...

Four collision avoidance manoeuvres (CAM) were performed for Geo-synchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites, while 14 CAMs, ...