The palm-sized LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite developed in Japan, aims to demonstrate the potential of renewable materials in space exploration.

Cheap, uninsured satellites are creating more space junk — and it's starting to rain down on our heads.

WASHINGTON — The heads of leading U.S. satellite imaging firms are urging Congress to reject proposed budget cuts to commercial remote sensing programs, warning the reductions could undermine ...

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a new Space Act that seeks to dial up regulatory oversight of satellite operators — including requiring them to tackle their impact on space debris ...

Japan has long been at the forefront of space exploration, from becoming the fourth nation to launch a satellite in 1970 to executing groundbreaking missions like the Hayabusa2 asteroid sample ...

Other ideas include Japan’s mostly wooden satellite concept and a system to collect satellites in space and reprocess their metal components into new ones.

The European Space Agency's Biomass satellite is currently in orbit over the Amazon rainforest.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has blasted its Biomass satellite into space — and it could change everything we know about carbon.

More states are subsidizing satellite connectivity, which could be a boon to Elon Musk’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper.

The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.

The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.