Explaining differences between low Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit and higher Earth orbit

It has been almost 20,000 days since humans have left what is known as low Earth orbit. This will soon change if the Artemis ...
Electronic Design

A New Kind of Geosynchronous Orbit

The OEO satellite promises a geosynchronous orbit around the equator, low latency, and a drastic cut in costs—using readily ...
Futurism

Earth’s Lower Orbit Could Rapidly Collapse, Scientists Warn

If you thought humanity already had its hands full with climate change, think again. With satellites and space junk increasingly cluttering our planet’s low Earth orbit, a team of scientists warn that ...
Labroots

Jupiter's Birth May Explain Earth's Stable Orbit

How did Jupiter’s formation shape the solar system, and specifically Earth’s orbit? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the ...
Phys.org

Too many satellites? Earth's orbit is on track for a catastrophe—but we can stop it

On January 30, 2026, SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission for a megaconstellation of up to 1 million satellites to power data centers in space. The proposal ...
Forbes

Earth’s Eccentric Orbit Likely Spurred Evolution’s Cambrian Explosion

The Cambrian Explosion in which life on Earth underwent massive diversification was likely triggered by eccentricities in Earth’s orbit around our Sun. Or so say the authors of a new paper just ...
Yahoo

NASA confirms a new quasi-moon orbiting the Earth until 2083

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers have discovered 2025 PN7, a small quasi-moon that mirrors Earth’s orbit around the Sun. (CREDIT: ESA) Earth has just ...

NASA scientist addresses mystery sightings of 'alien satellites' orbiting Earth

A former NASA developer has analyzed 1950 photographic plates showing nine unexplained objects in Earth's orbit, years before ...