Extreme solar activity or even a software glitch could put us just days away from a satellite collision in low-Earth orbit.

The time between tracking failure and satellite collision has dropped to days, showing how fragile low Earth orbit has become.

In low-Earth orbit, the time margin that used to isolate routine operations and an accident has been reduced in months to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The space around Earth has become increasingly cluttered with decades of accumulated debris left over from rocket launches, ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester have developed a new way to design Earth-observation satellite missions that could help protect the space ...

As the number of satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) continues to surge, a new study highlights an alarming risk: a solar ...

Discover how space debris tracking technology, automated satellite collision avoidance systems, and active debris removal missions prevent Kessler syndrome and protect orbiting spacecraft.

The U.S. and China usually operate on two different wavelengths, but a recent occurrence in the world of space traffic control involved both countries working in unison, which turned more than a few ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory creates a cislunar orbit map to help predict satellite stability and improve collision avoidance in increasingly crowded Earth orbits.

Yikes! The race to fill Earth's orbit with satellites has reached a point where a single misstep could trigger a chain reaction. At 550 kilometers above the planet – a region now dominated by SpaceX's ...