Over 14,000 satellites, 120 million bits of debris in key orbits Tracking, managing clutter crucial to safe orbiting, UN says Panel calls for greater international cooperation, data sharing ...

Lightning strikes in the atmosphere can trigger a rain of high-powered “killer electrons” in low-Earth orbit that form harmful streams of radiation, new research suggests. Scientists had ...

Rocket Lab launched a private Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit today (Dec. 21) on the company's final mission of a busy 2024. An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand ...

Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.

A mini-moon that has been orbiting Earth for the past two months will peel away from our planet's orbit today (Nov. 25) as it prepares for a decades-long jaunt through the solar system.

BENGALURU-The rapid increase in satellites and space junk will make low Earth orbit unusable unless companies and countries cooperate and share the data needed to manage that most accessible ...