To combat the threat of undetected space debris, a UAF scientist is spearheading a project to design a "Space Debris Hunter" ...

A new study warns that climate change, already posing significant challenges on Earth, could soon worsen the problem of ...

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 currently be detected from the ...

Millions of tiny objects, invisible to the current tracking systems, are hurtling through orbit at incredible speeds of about 17,500 mph.

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

MIT researchers calculate that global warming may reduce the available space for satellites in low Earth orbit by anywhere ...

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

Photo via Marty Stuart Lauded artist and Country Music Hall of Famer, Marty Stuart, and his band The Fabulous Superlatives have announced the April 12, ...

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 ...

but we're pretty good at tracking the larger pieces, so we at least get a warning when stuff comes down," Thresher says. The more serious threat is the space junk that stays up in low Earth orbit ...