Just as we are reckoning with how to conserve ecosystems on Earth for future living creatures, we must think of space as an ...

EXCLUSIVE: A space physics expert has warned about the increasing likelihood of more space debris falling to Earth in the ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

A space physics expert has warned that space debris orbiting the Earth and travelling at 18,000mph could cause a 'genuine ...

It would be very unlucky for a piece of space junk, even one several metres across, to hit an aircraft flying at hundreds of kilometres an hour. But it could happen, and should that piece of junk ...

The scenario in which space debris collides and creates more debris is called Kessler Syndrome, named after the NASA scientist Donald Kessler.

Space exploration is no longer the domain of countries alone. It’s now rapidly becoming the domain of private interests.

A similar piece of metal, estimated to weigh about ... The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issued its first fine over space debris in 2023 — $150,000 to Dish, the television provider.

He said: “While the probability of being hit by a falling piece of space debris is very low currently, with over 36,000 objects (and rising) bigger than a phone in orbit the probabilities will ...