The number of satellites orbiting Earth is rising fast, thanks to private companies such as SpaceX. But just how big will ...

The world at large is working to stop the fast-progressing degradation of Earth's environment. In the space sector, however, ...

Rocket Lab also flies a suborbital variant of Electron known as HASTE, which serves as a testbed for hypersonic technologies.

As Earth’s orbit becomes increasingly crowded, we need more data on how space weather impacts their reentries, researchers ...

SpaceX early Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with a batch of Starlink satellites into space from the East Coast.

China’s Tiandu-1 satellite has entered a critical fuel-efficient orbit that synchronises with the motion of the Earth and ...

For years, the commercial space sector has been abuzz about the prospect of satellite "super constellations" in Earth orbit.

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian ...

Astroscale has completed the critical design review of a servicer aiming to remove a OneWeb broadband satellite from low Earth orbit next year, the Japanese venture’s British subsidiary announced June ...

The sun is far exceeding the consensus forecast, National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Scott McIntosh said last year, ...

Ahmedabad-based Orbitt Space, a space-tech startup, has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding led by pi Ventures, with ...

Now, tech firms are racing to add more. There are already thousands of satellites hurdling around the Earth in low orbit - many of them are in groups working together called constellations to provide ...