Researchers have warned the increasing light pollution caused by thousands of artificial satellites and space waste orbiting Earth could prove detrimental to the work of astronauts studying the universe, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy.

Light pollution from satellites worse than previously thought, warn scientists

Japan is set to change the game... in space! A company from Japan, in collaboration with Kyoto University, is developing the world's first satellites made out of wood, and they hope to achieve the feat by 2023.

Japan is making wooden satellites to declutter space

NASA researchers are tracking an evolving dent on Earth’s magnetic field splitting in two, that could impact satellites, navigation and spacecraft. Earth’s magnetic field acts like a protective shield around the planet, repelling and trapping charged particles from the Sun.

Growing dent on Earth’s magnetic field can damage satellites and navigation

We have all read about how the magnetic field of the earth protects us from the solar radiation. However, according to reports, that magnetic field is now weakening.

Earth's magnetic field weakens; satellites and spacecrafts malfunction

Modi said India had successfully tested an anti-satellite missile.

PM Modi says India has successfully tested anti-satellite weapon