SPACE debris raining down on Earth is increasingly at risk of causing “catastrophic” collisions with aircraft, a damning new report has revealed. A sharp rise in the number of rocket ...

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

Protecting the U.S. would require novel solutions, like orbiting missile interceptors that can destroy incoming attacks.

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

Scientists are not sure how much metallic dust remained in the atmosphere after the most recent SpaceX rocket 'disassembly.' ...

Space law academic states recent misidentification of asteroid—it was a Tesla Roadster heading to Mars!—reminds Earth ...

HELSINKI — China will launch a pair of low-cost space station resupply spacecraft this year on new commercial launch vehicles ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

The lunar canyons Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck are extraordinarily deep, and scientists now know the valleys were ...

China's space agency has successfully produced oxygen and ethylene—essential rocket fuel components—from carbon dioxide, ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

Dramatic footage captured the moment a medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia on Friday (January 31). Emergency responders, debris, and billowing smoke could also be seen in the aftermath footage of ...