Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's ...

The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going ...

Space junk is a major threat with millions of debris pieces now in orbit. Risks range from minor collisions reducing the ...

Scientists predict that there are currently more than 30,000 pieces of space junk orbiting above the Earth, and some are ...

A new study by Canadian researchers published in Scientific Reports notes the risk of such an incident occurring is rising ...

Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...

SPACE debris raining down on Earth is increasingly at risk of causing “catastrophic” collisions with aircraft, a damning new report has revealed. A sharp rise in the number of rocket ...

Two gigantic canyons on the moon — both deeper than the Grand Canyon — were carved in less than 10 minutes by floods of rocks ...

Space belongs to no-one, yet many nations and private entities now plan to lay their claim on its resources. The use of space is poorly regulated by laws or enforceable regulations, which makes ...

The space debris problem won't solve itself ... "Improved STC will help prevent collisions and reduce the occurrence of unnecessary collision avoidance maneuvers," the booklet states. That will ...

"Most planetary collision scenarios are classified ... with the moon forming out of the molten debris which had been ejected into space. "Pluto and Charon are different—they're smaller, colder ...