Illustration Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld By Jonathan O'Callaghan, Published by New Scientist, 16 December 2025 Satellites in orbit would begin to collide in a matter of days if they lost manoeuvrability during a solar storm or other outage A collision would occur in just 2.8 days if all satellites lost their
Paths of Starlink satellites as of Feb 2024. Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio. By Andy Tomaswick, Published by Phys.org, 15 December 2025 A "House of Cards" is a wonderful English phrase that it seems is now primarily associated with a Netflix political drama. However, its original meaning is of a
By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 10 December 2025 TAMPA, Fla. — NATO has picked 150 companies from 24 of its member countries to join its Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) next year, including more than two dozen with ties to the space sector. Each company
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 By Mojaba Akhavan-Tafti, Published by The Conversation, 3 December 2025 The rapid expansion
A visualization of satellites and space debris around Earth. (Image credit: NASA) By Andrew Jones, Published by Space.com, 6 November 2025 Rare outreach from China's space agency marks a breakthrough in global space traffic management. China recently reached out to NASA over a maneuver to prevent a possible collision between
The Shenzhou-20 crew — Wang Jie (left), Chen Zhongrui (center), and Chen Dong (right) — has been stranded on board the Tiangong space station after their return capsule was hit with space junk. The trio launched into space on April 24. (Image credit: PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images) By Harry
By Sam Clark, Pulished by Politico, 5 November 2025 BRUSSELS — The United States has hit out at an upcoming EU space law that it says would place “unacceptable regulatory burdens” on American space companies. In a response to a consultation published Tuesday, the U.S. State Department said it has
A Falcon 9 launches the GPS III Space Vehicle 05 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, June 17, 2021. U.S. SPACE FORCE / STAFF SGT. JEREMY MOSIER By Jeff Foust, Published by Space Review, 27 October 2025 The growth of spaceflight activity has
