NASA’s defunct Van Allen Probe A burned up over the eastern Pacific Ocean on March 11, 2026, splashing down west of the Galapagos Islands years ahead of schedule. The 1,323-pound spacecraft, which ...

Scientists are learning more about how the upper atmosphere and ionosphere affect space satellites as well as communications and navigation here on Earth, thanks to new data from a U.S. Air Force ...

NASA Satellite crash: The object identified is Van Allen Probe A, a NASA spacecraft launched in August 2012 to investigate ...

(Nanowerk News) Macquarie University astronomers have tracked an extreme planet's orbital decay, confirming it is spiralling towards its star in a cosmic death dance that could end in three possible ...

Picture in your mind a big parking lot with 131 million cars on it. Now imagine that they are spread out over the entire Earth’s inhabited areas. Although still a large number, it is absolutely ...

Space debris dynamics and orbital evolution represent a critical area of research that addresses both the natural progression and the anthropogenic influences on the population of objects orbiting the ...