New study warns rising orbital congestion increases Satellite Collision risk as Earth’s crowded low orbit grows more fragile ...
Low Earth orbit now holds thousands of satellites, and the count keeps rising. That growth has made space feel roomy in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth's orbital overcrowding is approaching a breaking point, according to a new analysis using a warning metric called the Crash ...
Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after ...
A massive solar storm can trigger the low Earth orbit to collapse into Earth.
Low Earth orbit is no longer a quiet frontier. With thousands of commercial spacecraft circling just a few hundred kilometers ...
The amount of satellites in the Earth's orbit is increasing at a rapid rate, which could be a recipe for disaster. Here's ...
Astrophysicists are warning that low Earth orbit is reaching a critical tipping point, where satellite collisions could happen faster than previously imagined. A new metric, the ...
A new study warns that crowded internet satellite constellations like Starlink may push low Earth orbit toward a collision ...
Despite decades of warnings, governments and private companies have continued launching missions with little plan for what ...