From Super Bowl ads to new constellation announcements, satellites are suddenly everywhere. What’s driving this surge in activity, and what should we make of it?

When we look up at the night sky and see a satellite glide past, we might not consider climate change or the ozone layer. Space may feel separate from the environmental systems that sustain life on ...

As more satellite megaconstellations continue to be launched, researchers are exploring the odds people could be struck by ...

On January 30 2026, SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission for a megaconstellation of up to one million satellites to power data centres in space. The proposal ...

London (CNN) — Germany and the United Kingdom have warned of the growing threat posed by Russian and Chinese space satellites, which have been regularly spotted spying on satellites used by Western ...

We’ve been receiving calls into the WTOP Newsroom reporting phenomena in the skies that people can’t explain — but our space expert can. Night time sky gazers can see meteors — bright and dim, ...