Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories. But a new study suggests these orbiters ...

It's getting crowded up there Earth's orbit is starting to look like an LA freeway, with more and more satellites being ...

Astronomers have discovered a planet beyond the solar system that orbits its twin parent stars closer than any ever seen ...

Space junk has filled up so much of Earth's orbit that it's endangering satellites and astronauts. The company Kayhan Space issues roughly 1,000 space-collision warnings per day. Earth-orbit experts ...

Earth's climate has swung between ice ages and warmer periods for millions of years, driven by subtle changes in our planet's ...

Slow orbital changes caused pulses in Earth's oxygen cycle 500 million years ago, which spurred explosions of animal life.

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud services has led to a massive demand for computing power. The surge ...

SpaceX has made trips to orbit routine. Satellites in orbit are vital to the modern world. Here's what you need to know about how we send things whizzing around the Earth. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

Aetherflux has focused its efforts on space-based solar power, with the goal of "building an American power grid in space." ...

SES completed its long-anticipated acquisition of Intelsat this summer, 15 months after agreeing to combine and create the ...

The concept of "cloud computing" has just become literal in the most extreme way possible. In a historic first that signals a ...