A massive solar storm can trigger the low Earth orbit to collapse into Earth.

In late December 2025, a startling report revealed that SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation had to perform around ...

The amount of satellites in the Earth's orbit is increasing at a rapid rate, which could be a recipe for disaster. Here's ...

Dots representing tracked bits of space junk encircle the planet. Most of these objects are concentrated in low Earth orbit — the region of space within 1,200 miles of the Earth's surface. - NASA ODPO ...

"2.8 days is the average expectation value for time to the first collision." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. How long would it ...

Now from airplanes to outer space. We have news of three Chinese astronauts who are finally back on Earth. They'd had to extend their stay on China's space station by more than a week due to space ...

By mapping areas where seismometers in southern California detected sonic booms, researchers at Johns Hopkins University and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon is about to get walloped by a big piece of space junk. The leftover rocket will slam into the far side of the moon Friday. Experts think it is from a China launch ...

For example, a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) trained on thousands of radar echoes can recognize the unique spatial signature of a small metallic fragment, even when its signal is partially masked ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This story was updated at 7:28 p.m. EST. WASHINGTON — Iridium Satellite LLC confirmed today that ...