Three of the world’s most influential astronomy organizations filed formal objections on March 16, 2026, against two proposals they say would permanently damage the night sky: Reflect Orbital’s plan ...

Should a million new satellites be launched, in the orbits and with the sizes proposed, the stars we are able to see at night ...

Astronomy advocacy groups are ringing alarm bells about two proposed satellite constellations, warning that they threaten to change the sky forever. SpaceX has applied to the U.S. Federal ...

How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to advance mapping and imaging methods on other planets? This is what a study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address ...

A recent satellite-based study has uncovered alarming declines in groundwater storage across High Mountain Asia (HMA), widely known as the "Asian Water Tower." This critical water source, which ...

A proposed mega-expansion of orbital satellites could leave humans seeing more satellites than stars, raising alarm among astronomers and environmental researchers.

LEO mega-constellations are expected to deploy thousands of satellites to provide broadband services with data rates approaching several Gbps and latencies as low as 30–50 ms, significantly lower than ...

AI-generated satellite images, such as a recent fake showing a US base in Qatar, are fueling disinformation during the ...

In 1978, NASA researcher Donald Kessler and his colleagues published a paper titled “Collision frequency of artificial satellites: The creation of a debris belt.” The paper laid down a grim warning: a ...

A new open AI platform from the nonprofit created by the late Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen aims to make satellite imagery and other data about the earth more available and useful. The Allen ...