At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. This ...

There is a 26 percent chance every year that an out-of-control rocket will fall through busy airspace, researchers calculate.

Researchers said space will become more littered with debris as climate change lessens nature’s way of cleaning it up.

That drag pulls space junk down to Earth ... satellites circling Earth — 7,356 in low orbit — according to the tracking website Orbiting Now. Satellites are critical for communications ...

Scientists have warned that greenhouse gas emissions will result in less space junk being burned up – and more debris ...

This cooling reduces atmospheric density, which in turn lowers the drag that usually pulls space junk down to Earth ... according to the tracking website Orbiting Now. Satellites are crucial ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Scientists are designing a satellite and instruments capable of detecting space debris as small as 1 centimeter, less than one-half inch. Debris that small, which cannot ...

The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily halted air traffic at four Florida airports on Wednesday after a SpaceX craft ...