Space is not as empty as it looks. Right now, as you read this, NASA scientists are actively watching dozens of objects drifting, spinning, and hurtling through our cosmic neighborhood, some of them ...

AI is spurring ever more data satellites in space. How humanity plans to deal with the clutter is still an open question.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have long known many objects floating at the solar system's outer edges resemble snowmen, but the reasons why were ...

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Just in May of this year, the Soviets struck a ground target from orbit. Never mind that they didn't intend to; in fact, never mind that there are no 'Soviets' anymore. A piece of Cosmos 482, a rocket ...

Space is no longer empty. It is getting packed, fast. Indian satellites faced over 1.5 lakh close approach alerts in 2025, highlighting how crowded Earth’s orbit has become. Data from the Indian Space ...

Vantor non-Earth image of a Chinese imaging satellite, collected under the company’s NGA Luno B contract. The synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite features a large deployable antenna that enables ...

Vantor, the satellite-imagery firm previously called Maxar Intelligence, said it has recently inked a $2.3 million contract ...

SpaceX’s Starlink division confirmed yesterday that it lost contact with a satellite on Sunday and is trying to locate space debris that might have been produced by… whatever happened there. “LeoLabs ...