Our dependence on satellite technology means that private citizens now wield enormous power over communications, ...

Portal Space Systems is partnering with Paladin Space on a commercial service that would round up and dispose of orbital ...

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Sometimes, what goes up doesn’t come back down — instead, it becomes a problem. Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, millions of pieces orbit the Earth, from broken satellites to lost ...

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Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of space debris – and what we need to do about ...

After decades of space exploration, there are now more than 500,000 pieces of artificial debris greater than half an inch in size. Courtesy of NASA Orbital Debris Program Office Earler this month, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) The rapid expansion ...

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud services has led to a massive demand for computing power. The surge has strained data infrastructure, which requires lots of electricity to ...