For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...
One Alabama woman was rudely awoken from a nap in 1954 when a meteorite came through her roof and hit her, leaving a big bruise.
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, ...
Lee esta historia en español aquí. The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago ...
The sun’s light exerts a tiny force called “solar radiation pressure” on objects in space. Lightweight human-made debris, ...
A metallic ring weighing over 1,100 pounds crashed near Nairobi, sparking wild theories about its origin. With millions of ...
Just as we are reckoning with how to conserve ecosystems on Earth for future living creatures, we must think of space as an ...
An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.
A space physics expert has warned that debris falling from the sky could cause major damage and even kill people.
SpaceX's Starship has exploded into countless pieces of space junk as it reentered the atmosphere over the Caribbean.