By Chas Newkey-Burden, Published by yahoo!news, 10 June 2025 Elon Musk has no shortage of targets for his animosity: the media, "woke" progressives, the trans "agenda" and, most recently, his former best buddy Donald Trump. But one less expected Musk adversary is more powerful than them all: the Sun. SpaceX's
A modified Long March-6 rocket carrying 18 Qianfen satellites takes off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China's Shanxi province. VCG/AP By Brian Foster, Published by Glass Almanac, 6 June 2025 China’s ambitious satellite projects are making waves around the globe, not just for their potential economic and technological
An illustration of the Arkisys in-orbit servicing Port module, which could help increase the lifespan of satellites, thus reducing the amount of new orbital debris. (Image credit: Arkisys inc.) By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 3 June 2025 "Everything we have ever designed to go into space has been one mission, one
By Anthony Cuthbertson, Published by The Independent, 2 June 2025 Solar storms could see satellite parts hit the ground, scientists warn Eruptions from the sun are causing SpaceX’s Starlink satellites to fall to Earth “faster than expected”, according to Nasa scientists. A team from the US space agency’s Goddard Space
An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Paulina Okunyte, Published by cybernews, 2 June 2025 As Elon Musk floods the sky with satellites, scientists say the Sun is quietly pulling them back down. On Saturday night (May 31st), SpaceX launched another 27 satellites
By Samantha Lawler, Published by Live Science, 30 May 2025 Thousands of satellites with incredibly short lifetimes are being sent up into low Earth orbit. When they fall back down they're fireballs of pollution — and what doesn't burn up hits the ground. In 2024, several farmers across Saskatchewan, Canada,
This European Space Agency simulation shows the number of spacecraft currently orbiting the Earth, with many expected to either burn up in the atmosphere, or move to a distant 'graveyard orbit' when they reach end of life. Scientists argue for slowing down satellite launches until international space regulations catch up.
Image: Popular Science By Harry Baker, Published by Live Science, 18 May 2025 The number of satellites orbiting our planet is rising fast, thanks to private "megaconstellations" that pose various threats to space exploration and astronomy. But how big has the problem already become? Not so long ago, at the
