Astronomy advocacy groups are ringing alarm bells about two proposed satellite constellations, warning that they threaten to ...

For more than a decade, quadcopter drones have defined the commercial drone market. They are agile, precise, and well suited for localized missions. But as agencies and enterprise ...

A new satellite has become one of the brightest objects in the night sky, sparking concerns among scientists for the future of astronomy. The bright paths of BlueWalker 3 and other new satellites may ...

The clusters of satellites started small, but, like a viral outbreak, they grew almost without us noticing—and now we’re dealing with a pandemic. At the time, there were 7,500 active satellites ...

One of the brightest objects in the night sky isn’t a star or a planet — it’s a communications satellite. The BlueWalker 3 satellite, launched in September 2022, is now the eighth-brightest object in ...

Astronomers have slammed SpaceX and Reflect Orbital plans for unnaturally brightening skies and disrupting ecosystems.

Amazon is set to launch two satellite prototypes for its Project Kuiper network, which will eventually number more than 3,200 orbiters. Project Kuiper could become a rival to SpaceX’s Starlink ...

I don’t think we’ll ever need traffic reports for satellites over Rochester, but since 1957, the dawn of the space age, more than 23 thousand satellites have been launched into orbit around Earth; ...

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