(NewsNation) — Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are now falling to earth with alarming frequency, according to famed Smithsonian astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell. McDowell recently told EarthSky that ...
A weak spot in the Earth's magnetic field is growing over the South Atlantic Ocean, according to more than a decade's worth of satellite data collected by scientists. The magnetic field surrounding ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit are de-orbiting and falling to Earth at the rate of one to two per day. If Starlink continues scaling up ...
Elon Musk’s race to dominate our planet’s orbit with his satellite constellations is creating tons of space junk — enough of it, in fact, that we might want to start looking up. The alarming statistic ...
A cluster of space weather satellites blasted off Wednesday morning to cast fresh eyes on solar storms that can produce stunning auroras but also scramble communications and threaten astronauts in ...
This long-exposure image shows a trail of a group of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites passing over Uruguay. © Mariana Suarez (Getty Images) The western part of North ...
A weak spot in the Earth's magnetic field is growing over the South Atlantic Ocean, according to more than a decade's worth of satellite data collected by scientists. The magnetic field surrounding ...
Rocket Lab launched five satellites for a confidential customer this evening (Aug. 23) on the 70th overall liftoff of its Electron rocket. An Electron carrying the satellite quintet lifted off from ...
SpaceX launched two dozen more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit this morning. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on California's ...