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

Starlink satellites orbit Earth around every 90 minutes, so you might be able to spot them several times in one evening. That being said, it is not as easy to spot them now as it was back in 2019, ...

With plans for up to half a million new satellites in orbit, a new form of pollution threatens astronomy and our ancient ...

A new NASA-led study found that the increasing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit could ruin up to 96% of images from ...

From California to the East Coast, sky gazers reported seeing a string of unusual lights in the sky Monday evening. SpaceX is reporting it launched 60 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral in ...

If you happen to look into the night sky in the near future and see flashing lights or what appears to be extraterrestrial activity, don’t be alarmed, it’s just a tiny satellite that was launched by ...

Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories. But a new study suggests these orbiters ...

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

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) Starlink and other low-orbit internet satellite companies are pumping thousands of satellites into space each year in an attempt to cover the entire planet in internet ...

Multiple WRAL viewers sent in photos of Starlink satellites spotted in the sky Tuesday night. A viewer in east Raleigh reported seeing the lights "all moving in exact sequence" around 9:30 p.m.

Astronomical images could be blemished by bright streaks, if plans for huge numbers of satellites go ahead — plus, the ...

According to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, 472 Starlink satellites burned up in the atmosphere between December 2024 and May 2025, as SpaceX deorbited around 6% of ...