Every minute of every day, our cars and phones look to the heavens for guidance. But what if they could navigate by listening to the earth instead? Austin-based startup Tern AI has demonstrated a ...

"As far as we know, no coordination or deconfliction with existing satellites operating in space was performed, resulting in ...

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 ...

The Shijian-25 spacecraft docked with its older sibling, Shijian-21, and topped off its tank. On paper, it was a life-extension operation. In practice, it was a signal. China can now keep key ...

Black Hat Four countries have now tested anti-satellite missiles (the US, China, Russia, and India), but it's much easier and cheaper just to hack them.… In a briefing at the Black Hat conference in ...

The Trump administration wants to switch off and possibly destroy the climate-monitoring technology. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Starting back in the Bush administration, the United States has spent more ...

As more satellites are sent into orbit, engineers are exploring ways to make them autonomous using artificial intelligence (AI). The space industry is expanding rapidly, with a record high of around 2 ...

Daily life increasingly depends on systems of satellites orbiting Earth. As fleets proliferate, ever greater numbers of expired units will hurtle back toward the surface. Decommissioned satellites ...

Proliferating satellites are beginning to harm the science work of the beloved Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories ...