Just as we are reckoning with how to conserve ecosystems on Earth for future living creatures, we must think of space as an ...

The space debris problem won't solve itself. We've been kicking the can down the road for years as we continue launching more rockets and payloads into space. In the last couple of years, ...

A study reveals that fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado are largely driven by the smoldering combustion of woody debris ...

An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.

Residents of several suburban communities reported seeing several objects streaking across the night sky, leaving a trail of ...

An international collaboration of scientists in fields from satellite technology to ocean plastic pollution authored ... Because this space junk poses serious risk to astronauts and infrastructure ...

Past examples of man-made human space debris hitting Earth include part of a SpaceX Dragon capsule landing on an Australian sheep farm in 2022. “Space junk is a growing problem, and while this ...

Here’s how it works. A massive piece of space junk recently smashed into a village in Kenya. The 1,100-pound (500 kilograms) ring of metal likely came from a rocket, though its exact origins are ...

The issue of space junk has risen in tandem with increased spatial traffic. Kenya Space Agency (KSA) said the object, a metallic ring roughly 8 feet in diameter and weighing some 1,100 pounds ...

A space physics expert has sounded the alarm over the dangers of space junk orbiting Earth at speeds of 18,000mph, warning that it could pose a serious threat to life on our planet. Dr Ian ...

As satellites reach the ends of their missions, they turn into dangerous debris ... with plastic pollution. This hard-to-solve ecological problem resembles the growing issue of space debris.