U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick proposed changes to a federal broadband connectivity program that would favor Low ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in ...

According to sources, small Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites such as Starlink contain an abundance of aluminium and have a lifespan of roughly five years. — Typically, LEO satellites fly between 550 ...

The US military space plane X-37B successfully completed its secret mission and returned to Earth on the night of March 7, 2025 after 434 days in orbit. This was announced by the US Space Force. The ...

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. MIT researchers calculated that as global warming ...

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. MIT researchers calculated that as global ...

The spacecraft, X-37B, is a top-secret, experimental space plane. The US government's top-secret X-37B space plane returned to Earth after a 434-day mission in orbit, a statement by the US Space ...

The continued release of greenhouse gases into Earth's atmosphere could increase the longevity of space junk in low Earth orbit, a new paper reveals. Under a high-emissions scenario, this could mean a ...

Over time, these shifts could limit the number of satellites that can reliably operate in Earth’s orbit. Led by MIT, the new study indicates that emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases ...

Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds.