In 2025, around 120 SpaceX Starlink satellites re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and burnt up upon descent. These artificial meteor showers, visible across the globe, have raised concerns about their ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A bright, slow-moving fireball streaked across the southern sky Saturday night shortly after 10 p.m. CST. This fireball left onlookers amazed and confused as to what it was.

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received more than 40 eyewitness reports describing the same event, most clustered around ...

The FCC wants to exempt satellite providers from oversight required by the National Environmental Protection Act. Astronomers ...

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The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing a washing machine-sized spacecraft for a short-lived but daring mission. The satellite will begin its fateful descent shortly after launch, recording its ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WEAR) — A number of viewers took to social media about a streak of light moving through the sky last night. WEAR News spoke with astronomer Jonathan McDowell. He says this wasn’t part ...

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ESA's ERS-2 satellite has been captured by HEO Robotics cameras in space ahead of Earth re-entry. See an animation of the ERS-2 and the imagery here. Credit: Space.com | ESA / HEO Robotics | edited by ...

The booming space industry has filled the skies with rockets and satellites, but this rapid expansion comes with a hidden ...

Kosmos 482 performed an uncontrolled reentry on May 10, possibly crashing into the Indian Ocean. The spacecraft’s expected area of reentry spans vast regions on both sides of the equator, where it ...

It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, right up there with robot athletes or custom-printed organs. A dead NASA climate satellite, which has been circling the earth for 20 years, will plummet ...