China's Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites had been moving toward each other in geosynchronous orbit, around 22,236 miles ...

A company that's dedicatedcated to removing space debris currently stuck in Earth's orbit has ... by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) satellite, which snapped the above image of the upperstage of ...

Who knew space could get crowded? Junk is filling the space above ... are in Earth orbit, according to its most current Orbital Debris Quarterly News. And the number of small satellites is ...

A spectacular video offers us a front-row seat as SpaceX's Falcon Heavy second stage deploys the powerful GOES-U satellite into space as Earth glows ... orbit (GEO) above the Western Hemisphere.

As Pettit points out, the flashes of light are sunlight reflecting off the small Starlink satellites while orbiting Earth 100+ miles above the space station. After the first Starlink satellites ...

the region of space up to 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) above Earth's surface, where a vast majority of private satellites operate. Above this upper limit, or carrying capacity, satellites would ...

In a tense moment for space safety, two satellites—NASA’s TIMED spacecraft and the defunct Russian Cosmos 2221—came alarmingly close to smashing into each other above Earth, prompting ...

Space race is on A quiet space race is unfolding above us as tech giants and governments rush to wrap the Earth in a digital blanket of satellites, promising global internet access and real-time ...

Earth from space A recent satellite image captured a glowing river of lava flowing down the flank of Europe's largest active volcano as it spectacularly blew its top and unleashed a towering plume ...

In some ways, the stars above us are the ultimate ... And now, as the new space race heats up, spawning tens of thousands of satellites in orbit around the Earth, it only stands to make the ...

Two Indian satellites - zipping through ... place every 90 minutes and nearly 500km above the Earth's surface, and it is part of the ongoing Space Docking Experiment, or SpaDeX, that ISRO began ...

On his fourth trip to orbit, NASA astronaut Don Pettit has been sharing some wonderful imagery captured from the International Space Station (ISS) since his arrival there in September. His latest ...