Satellites reflect sunlight, Earthshine, infrared and radio waves.

We’ve been receiving calls into the WTOP Newsroom reporting phenomena in the skies that people can’t explain — but our space ...

One of the brightest objects in the night sky isn’t a star or a planet — it’s a communications satellite. The BlueWalker 3 satellite, launched in September 2022, is now the eighth-brightest object in ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A 38-year-old retired NASA satellite is about to fall from the sky. NASA said Friday the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low.” Most of the 5,400-pound (2,450 ...

A NASA study predicts that 96% of the images from the ARRAKIHS mission will be contaminated by the light from the more than ...

A simulation of the full network of Starlink satellites when their first 12,000 satellites are up. This network will provide near-total global coverage, continuously, with an additional 30,000 ...

U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Mike Crapo have reintroduced a bill to limit the number of satellites you can see in the sky.

INDIANAPOLIS — An unusual sight in the night sky is again raising questions. If you spotted a bright string of lights moving across the sky, you were likely watching a Starlink satellite train moving ...

This is the third of a planned 12-strong constellation of Earth-imaging satellites.

File video above: Asteroid-exploring spacecraft passes over EarthA 38-year-old retired NASA satellite is about to fall from the sky.NASA said Friday the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very ...