Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...

Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a "capture cube" in this image from Feb. 4, 2025.

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

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

Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...

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

The new study found there's a 26% chance the threat of space junk could shut down a crowded airspace in Europe, Asia or North ...

Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected ...

Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of debris are also colliding, adding to the millions of smaller fragments which ...

A new study from researchers at UBC found that the chance of debris entering air space around major cities is as high as 26 per cent each year.

The experimental grippers demonstrated autonomous detection and capture techniques that may be used to remove space debris and service ... was designed and built at NASA's Ames Research Center ...