Satellite streaks could spoil about one in three Hubble images, even when the telescope stays above Earth's weather.

A new satellite called Sentinel 5A has started sending back its first images, capturing fresh views of Earth's ozone hole.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The number of spacecraft orbiting Earth is rising fast thanks to the emergence of private ...

A rare satellite view captured a major Pacific tsunami in unprecedented detail, revealing wave behaviors scientists did not ...

In a remarkable moment captured by NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite, Earth photobombed the Sun, creating a rare and unexpected image. The satellite, which monitors space weather and Earth’s environment, aimed ...

About the size of a full-size pickup truck, a newly launched satellite by NASA and its partners will provide ocean and atmospheric information to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect ...

Satellites in low-Earth orbit play a key role in helping us study and understand our planet. Orbiting at altitudes usually between 100 and 1200 miles (160 and 2,000 kilometers), these satellites are ...

So, how many satellites can we expect to see in our skies in the coming decades? And — more importantly — how many is too many? As of May 2025, there are around 11,700 active satellites in orbit ...

"It would be a record for retrieving an exposed spacecraft." Decades ago during the heady space race rivalry between the former Soviet Union and the United States, the entire world experienced the ...

If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming toward Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to ...

Now you can easily switch from a satellite view to street-level images that show how an area has changed over the years. Now you can easily switch from a satellite view to street-level images that ...

In some ways, the stars above us are the ultimate equalizer: we're all equally far away, we all share the right to look up at them; and, tiny glittering pinpoints that they are, when we contemplate ...