The BlueBird 6 from Texas-based AST SpaceMobile comes in at a full 2,400 square feet, or about the size of a three-bedroom ...

Space debris – the collection of defunct human-made objects in Earth's orbit – is already affecting space agencies, companies ...

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope ...

Google’s ambitious Project Suncatcher proposes launching a constellation of 81 satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) to ...

A "House of Cards" is a wonderful English phrase that it seems is now primarily associated with a Netflix political drama.

Space environment health score shows how healthy - or stressed - Earth’s orbit is expected to become over the next 200 years.

A Space.com report examines how a tiny piece of space debris cracked a Chinese crew capsule window, triggered an emergency mission, and highlights growing risks from debris, weak global rules, and lim ...

SpaceX confirmed that one Starlink satellite recently exploded in orbit, and it is now tumbling to re-enter the planet.

SpaceX has lost control of one of its Starlink satellites after it suffered a malfunction in orbit, Elon Musk’s company has ...

A new paper calculated a solar storm could bring down the planet’s satellite system in just three days, wreaking havoc on infrastructure.

The incident, described by observers as "likely caused by an internal energetic source" rather than a collision, resulted in ...

On Dec. 26, 1974, Salyut 4, a Soviet space station, launched into orbit around Earth. Salyut 4 was a small space station ...