There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope ...
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On July 4, NASA's GOES-18 satellite captured the Dragon Bravo fire in Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park which started with ...
A new satellite called Sentinel 5A has started sending back its first images, capturing fresh views of Earth's ozone hole.
U.S. and Chinese satellites routinely spy on each other in orbit, rehearsing for more aggressive operations in the event of ...
In the last five years, the number of satellites orbiting Earth has more than doubled and will likely double again within a similar timespan, thanks to the efforts of private companies such as SpaceX.
The number of satellites orbiting Earth is rising fast, thanks to private companies such as SpaceX. But just how big will these "megaconstellations" become? And what problems might they cause? When ...