The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) oversee spy satellites and analyse imagery for the Pentagon and other intelligence organisations ...

For all his faults, Elon Musk sure knows how to keep things interesting. Yesterday, skies around the world lit up with what ...

Scientists in China have transmitted encrypted images a record 12,900 kilometers, paving the way for quantum messaging ...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick proposed changes to a federal broadband connectivity program that would favor Low Earth Orbit ...

A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...

An ancient impact structure in remote northern Australia was recently spotted by one of NASA's Earth-observing satellite ...

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

While satellite Internet has been lauded for its ability to reach remote regions, it still faces stiff competition from ...

SpaceX and other companies plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites, which could mar astronomical observations and pollute the atmosphere.

But behind the beauty lies a hidden danger. Elon Musk's ambitious space venture is silently affecting Earth's protective ozone layer. Scientists warn that the burning satellites release aluminium ...