Amazon launches partnership with rival SpaceX to send competing satellites into orbit
SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifts off early on September 21, 2014, from launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral. BRUCE WEAVER/AFP/Getty Images…
China takes on Elon Musk’s Starlink with hundreds of low-orbit satellites
A Long March-2C carrier rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Xinhua/Getty Images China is taking the competition…
Amazon launches test satellites to rival Musk’s Starlink
The tech behemoth has launched the first pair of prototype satellites meant for its internet-from-space service — Project Kuiper. The…
The US Air Force is using satellites and dirt runways to prepare its drones for a different kind of war
A C-17 on a dirt airfield at Fort Hunter Liggett in California in March 2019. Fort Hunter Liggett/Cynthia McIntyre The…
Zelenskyy advisor slams Elon Musk over report that the SpaceX founder blocked Ukraine’s access to Starlink satellites: ‘Why do some people so desperately want to defend war criminals?’
CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk. Chesnot via Getty Images A top advisor to Ukrainian…
Hackers figured out 3 separate ways to break into US Air Force satellites, and won up to $50K for doing it
An Artist's impression of a CubeSat in space NASA JPL For the first time, a competition saw hackers break into…
High-powered satellites have made blue-carbon credits a reality. But they still face accuracy and scalability issues.
Insider Seagrass meadows are often overlooked by the public, but they're vital to the ocean ecosystem. Ben Jones, Author provided…
What do we have to lose if Starlink satellites and others like them take over the night sky? Studying dark matter, observing distant galaxies, and finding signs of extraterrestrial intelligence.
18 April 2020, Brandenburg, Sieversdorf: Two "Starlink" satellites can be seen as stripes of light in the night sky (shot…
The sun’s activity could peak 2 years early, frying satellites and causing radio blackouts by the end of this year, experts say
A solar plasma "waterfall" was spotted on the sun recently. More odd solar phenomena has been seen recently as the…
NASA satellites take off in tropical cyclones mission
Rocket Lab launched the first of two NASA storm-tracking satellites into orbit from a launch complex in New Zealand. The…