When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The number of spacecraft orbiting Earth is rising fast thanks to the emergence of private ...

The outer space around the Earth is already pretty crowded. 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 ...

The space around Earth has become increasingly cluttered with decades of accumulated debris left over from rocket launches, ...

The problem occurred the previous day, when operators lost contact with the satellite while it was at an altitude of 418 ...

"A single collision could have catastrophic long-term consequences," the authors explain, and we would not have long to avoid ...

The first wave of Starlink satellites are reaching the end of their five-year lifespans and burning up in droves. Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and moving.

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Astrophotographers observing Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) captured how rapidly Earth’s near-space environment is being polluted by artificial satellites.

A Starlink satellite faced a serious issue in orbit. Its propulsion tank failed, causing it to spin uncontrollably and break ...

In the last five years, the number of satellites orbiting Earth has more than doubled and will likely double again within a similar timespan, thanks to the efforts of private companies such as SpaceX.