NASA has been monitoring a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies ...

If low-Earth orbit satellites are problematic ... disappointed that OneWeb decided to keep their satellites at a higher altitude, whereas SpaceX have been more willing to keep their satellites ...

The current state of Earth's climate has no recorded precedent. The consequences of the sheer volume of anthropogenic ...

Greenhouse gases are doing more than warming our planet — they're reshaping space itself. As emissions cool and shrink the ...

To actually get a satellite into orbit, it needs to ... the three primary orbital altitudes it's launched to. For example, if it's still relatively close to the Earth's surface, around 200 to ...

Satellites are designed to gradually lose altitude due to drag ... This makes the environment in low Earth orbit more ...

The US Space Force has accused China of "dogfighting in space," a term that usually refers to fighter jets caught up in an ...

Rocket Lab has launched its workhorse Electron rocket for the third time in two weeks. The New Zealand-based company ...

For each "shell," or altitude range of interest ... to understand how many satellites in low-Earth orbit can sustain," Parker explains. The team compared several scenarios: one in which greenhouse ...

For each "shell," or altitude range of interest ... to understand how many satellites low-Earth orbit can sustain," Parker explains. The team compared several scenarios: one in which greenhouse ...