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Orbital Debris
We’ve populated low-Earth orbit with satellites in record time — now we have to figure out how to keep it safe.
Solar power has the disadvantage that there's no Sun at night. Satellite startup Reflect Orbital wants to change that, but at what cost?
The universe is filled with unlikely events, but it is also full of ways to fool ourselves.
Experts answer 10 big questions about the nightmare scenario that could send us back to the pre-Space Age.
The most iconic, longest-lived space telescope of all, NASA's Hubble, is experiencing orbital decay as the solar cycle peaks. Here's why.
Space weather poses a tremendous threat to all satellites, knocking all computer systems offline. Is that a recipe for Kessler syndrome?
Experts say it’s likely space junk—and there’s plenty more where that came from.
As far as we know, it's only happened once to one unlucky person in Oklahoma.
On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth. Later in the day, it was confirmed that Russia had […]
It peaks the nights of August 11–13, but it’s no longer the year’s most reliable meteor shower. Every year, beginning in mid-July, planet Earth commences passing through an enormous debris […]
The night sky is already noticeably different, and bigger changes are ahead. For all of human history until the launch of Sputnik, the only objects in the night sky were naturally […]