Flying edge-on, the satellite’s pancake shape will minimize aerodynamic drag as the DiskSats encounter thicker air below 250 ...

Using a high-energy X-ray system, they turned the satellite effectively transparent, revealing fuel and gas tanks, hidden residues of cleaning solutions, and the modul ...

Satellite streaks could spoil about one in three Hubble images, even when the telescope stays above Earth's weather.

Less than four months after an August ribbon-cutting, L3Harris announced the $100 million satellite facility has ramped up to ...

An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications including broadband access in rural and remote areas worldwide. It also has ...

The first private space science satellite set to study the effect of flares from stars has been launched into space and is now in orbit, the company behind it has said.

Satellite streaks could spoil about one in three Hubble images, even when the telescope stays above Earth's weather.

Satellite megaconstellations are increasingly impacting astronomical observations. Bright satellite streaks are compromising ...

A rare satellite view captured a major Pacific tsunami in unprecedented detail, revealing wave behaviors scientists did not ...

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could contaminate almost all the images taken by space telescopes, NASA astronomers ...

Planned megaconstellations would contaminate the view of the cosmos of four orbiting telescopes Many of the images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope will be blemished by satellite trails if plans to ...

Critics argue the satellites, billed as a way to harness solar energy at night, could hamper sky observations and may pose a threat to human and animal health ...