Mining ocean resources needed for electric cars and other devices is currently a hot issue of dispute. Final resolution of ...

Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern for air traffic, as SpaceX's recent Starship Flight 7 showed.

As more spacecraft are launched, the risk increases that uncontrolled space debris - those without active guidance - will ...

A satellite, initially identified as Starlink-5693, reentered Earth’s atmosphere Tuesday, causing a dazzling display visible ...

Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of debris are also colliding, adding to the millions of smaller fragments which ...

NASA estimates that there are nearly 6,000 tons of space junk in low Earth orbit, moving around our planet at speeds up to 18 ...

Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, part of China's three-person Shenzhou 19 mission, completed an 8.5-hour extravehicular activity ...

"For space objects which fail to de-orbit themselves for whatever reason ... though they claim that it was at such a low altitude that the debris would quickly burn up in Earth's atmosphere. However, ...

Its Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines encourage member ... must embrace a sustainable approach to our activities in Earth orbit, securing its potential for generations to come.

An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.

Artwork showing two of the potential dangers of low-Earth orbit: space debris and solar flares. | Credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images An international group of researchers is ...

A clearing in the clouds Tuesday night allowed people in West Michigan to catch a stunning display overhead as space debris ...