Space debris is a real hazard to life on Earth, a physics expert has warned, highlighting the dangers of falling space junk ...

The Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft was captured by the International Space Station's robotic arm. Credit: NASA ...

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

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

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

SpaceX said they were likely to have broken off from a Dragon spacecraft returning to Earth from the International Space Station ... s property being hit by space debris,” said Fernando.

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is already scheduled to return the astronauts under a plan announced by NASA in August.

Joe Velaidum of Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island narrowly avoided a collision with an incoming meteorite at his home in July.

There has been only one reported case of a person being hit by a meteorite ... last year after space junk from a pallet of used batteries from the International Space Station flew through the ...