Illustration of the German Earth observation satellite TerraSAR-X Credit: ESA By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space News, 21 October 2025 LONDON — The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is looking to purchase satellites capable of jamming other spacecraft and inspecting objects in space, and it wants to do so on tight
The double star Albireo in Cygnus captured on 26 December 2019. The 2.5-minute exposures recorded Starlink satellites moving across the field (Rafael Schmall / Wikimedia Commons) By Anthony Cuthbertson, Published by The Independent, 21 October 2025 The richest man on Earth is also the most powerful person in space SpaceX
Artist's illustration of space junk orbiting Earth (Image credit: NASA) By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 16 October 2025 "We took the shot at making a tile and were blown away by the test results." Humanity has a new tool in the fight against space junk — "Space Armor™," a multi-functional
A notional image of one of the Space Development Agency's first transport layer satellites. (Lockheed Martin) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 15 October 2025 WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 15 launched 21 satellites to low Earth orbit for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development
By Brett Tingley, Publsihed by Space.com, 15 October 2025 Satellite data reveal that a weak region in Earth's magnetic field has grown by an area roughly half the size of continental Europe in the last 10 years. A weak region in Earth's magnetic field has grown by an area roughly
By Derek B. Johnson, Published by Cyberscoop, 14 October 2025 Using commercially available equipment, researchers scanned 39 satellites and observed sensitive, encrypted communications from telecoms, businesses and the U.S. military. How much private and sensitive data can you get by pointing $600 worth of satellite equipment at the sky?Quite a
An artist's illustration of a satellite crashing back to Earth. (Image credit: Getty Images) By Anthony Cuthbertson, Published by The Independent, 9 October 2025 An average of one to two Starlink satellites are deorbiting each day in 2025 Up to four satellites from Elon Musk’s massive Starlink constellation are falling
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off carrying 46 Starlink satellites. Credit: Space Launch Delta 45 By Mark Tyson, Published by Tom's Hardware, 9 October 2025 Starlink satellites are designed to completely burn up upon reentry, but every few months there are news reports about space debris impacting Earth. A recent
