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

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

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

A new study finds that climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too.

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

Floridians across the coast witnessed flaming space debris falling from the sky on Thursday. There have been similar ...

Thursday's test flight, with the launch window opening at 6:30 p.m. ET, will attempt to deploy four Starlink simulators from ...

Warnings a Russian rocket could re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and fall in waters near Tasmania, with the possibility of a ...

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 ...