From Sputnik's lonely orbit to today's crowded skies, satellites shape our world in many ways. But how many are up there, and ...

SpaceX Starlink satellite "train" passing over San Diego on Nov. 12, 2019. You can't deny how many amazing they look, but will the satellites prove too much of a good thing? Click here for another ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink satellites failed to fire properly ...

The Sun is the angriest it's been in a while – and it's taking out that rage on the thousands of tiny satellites that make up SpaceX's Starlink fleet. A new analysis of Starlink satellites falling ...

This article appeared in Discover’s annual state of science issue as “Satellite Constellations Go on Trial.” Support our science journalism by becoming a subscriber. Imagine gazing up at a dark sky on ...

Two years ago, communities across Northwest Alaska woke to find that they had no internet or cellphone service. A mammoth piece of arctic sea ice had scraped the ocean floor 34 miles north of Oliktok ...

Astronomers warn that BlueWalker 3, a test spacecraft with a large array of antennas, could be the first of many larger satellites in low-Earth orbit that interfere with astronomical observations. By ...

MOLINE, Illinois — "Any idea what this is? It was a row of lights moving in the sky tonight." This and similar messages have been pouring into newsrooms for months. "Not sure what all those lights are ...

WRAL viewers from across the state in Raleigh, Wake Forest, Clayton, Dunn, Fayetteville, Pikeville, Zebulon and Roseboro sent photos Wednesday of a SpaceX launch in Florida. SpaceX successfully ...

From intelligence gathering to internet usage to navigation, satellites are used daily across the globe. However, their activity is causing serious issues. In February, a team of researchers from ...

Twenty Starlink satellites were prematurely released during a failed SpaceX rocket launch last week — and now, observations have confirmed they all burned up in the upper atmosphere after falling back ...

Elon Musk's internet satellites have been a game changer for people in rural areas, but scientists are alarmed that plans to launch thousands more will be perilous for our skies. Joe Supan is a senior ...