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Doha has been subject to attacks by Iran, leading to the evacuation of parts of Education City. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images The student housing in…

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00845-wNature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.

Parts of a giant Nasa satellite will crash to Earth on Tuesday evening, the US space agency is warning – but the chance of being struck…

I remember the first time I saw a satellite. I was a teenager, standing in my mildly light-polluted suburban yard and doing my usual stargazing. The…

February 11, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmThe largest-ever satellite of its kind just unfurled its wings in low-Earth orbitBlueBird 6 features the biggest…

Europe’s satellite communications industry is entering a new investment cycle driven by sovereign priorities and renewed government support.

The Sudanese city of El Fasher resembles a “massive crime scene”, with large piles of bodies heaped throughout its streets as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…

Today the globe is circled by thousands of active satellites—each prone to photobombing astronomers’ telescopes as an artificial star zipping across the night sky. Scientists working…

As scam compounds in Southeast Asia continue to rake in billions of dollars in stolen funds from victims around the world, United States law enforcement aims…

On almost every hike or camping trip I take in Washington, there’s a moment on the drive when service drops, music cuts out in the car…