Following SpaceX’s Starship explosion, the issue of space debris emerges as a significant environmental concern. Here’s what ...

Space debris is a growing problem, both in Earth's orbit and down on the ground. One startup has brought us a step closer to ...

There's a scene in the film Interstellar where Matthew McConaughey's character flies his spaceplane up to meet a mothership ...

Many space people are worried about a space junk catastrophe called the Kessler Syndrome. Lower orbits reduce the risk of the ...

That’s because space will become more littered with debris as climate change lessens nature’s way of cleaning it up. Part of the greenhouse effect that warms the air near Earth’s surface ...

Floridians across the coast witnessed flaming space debris falling from the sky on Thursday. There have been similar ...

You can get in touch with Ian by emailing [email protected]. Languages: English. Falling space junk produced by rocket launches poses a risk to the aviation industry—with a roughly one-in ...

the Kenya Space Agency identified the "red-hot" object as a piece of space junk that survived reentry, indicating that it was still trying to identify the originator of the mysterious ring.

We're getting more eyes (satellites) on the sky, but we're also creating an increasing amount of space junk that has scientists on edge. Space junk is anything that humanity has put into low Earth ...

A laser beam in outer space that sends orbiting debris to a fiery end in the Earth's atmosphere may soon be a reality. SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. said it is developing a satellite that can shoot ...

shattering into 50 pieces and joining the estimated 130 million bits of "space junk" in the Earth's orbit. The increasing amount of debris has heightened fears about the "Kessler syndrome".