It's no understatement to say that the modern world could not function without our satellites, but they're a lot more ...

There are more than 2,000 satellites orbiting Earth right now. And there are about to be a lot more. But what does this mean?

We asked satellite experts to fill us in on what's flying around above us and the challenges SpaceX faces as its ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to massively expand its orbital footprint in a bid to power next-generation artificial intelligence ...

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could contaminate almost all the images taken by space telescopes, NASA astronomers ...

A simulated image representing the projected contamination by satellite trails in one of the future space telescopes. The stripes of light reflected from artificial telecommunication satellites ...

EXPERTS fear an abandoned Russian military satellite has broken up over Earth contributing to dangerous “space junk”. There are millions of pieces of debris orbiting the planet dumped ...

In addition to negatively impacting the visibility of the night sky, the increasing number of satellites also poses a ...

SpaceX’s Starlink has developed a unique Space Situational Awareness (SSA) system dubbed Stargaze. Elon Musk, in his tweet, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A dramatic rise in the number of internet satellites ...

Light pollution from the exploding number of satellites orbiting Earth is making it harder to peer into space. Light pollution from the exploding number of satellites orbiting Earth is making it ...