Space debris, once mostly harmlessly burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, is now landing more often on the planet’s surface, ...

Debris is a growing threat to orbital infrastructure, and it’s only going to get worse as the number of launches increases ...

Nearly half of all known objects currently orbiting Earth technically classify as space junk, but the true amount may be even ...

The BriefSpace junk is creating dangerous hazards in low-earth orbit.Debris is rapidly growing in space, but removal ...

Space: The final frontier is fraught with danger... and ever since we started launching things into orbit, that danger has often been of our own doing. As Dr. Nilton Renno at the University of ...

Nearly half the manmade objects orbiting Earth are chunks of “uncontrollable” space junk — with just three countries fueling ...

When it comes to space debris, what goes up is coming down more often—and not safely. When spacecraft launch, some components ...

Solar emissions exert 'drag' on space junk orbiting Earth. From historical measurements across a period of 36 years, ...

A 45-foot Falcon 9 booster is reportedly on course to slam into the moon near the Einstein crater at roughly 5,400 mph.

A new study links the sun's 11-year cycle to accelerated orbital loss, with debris falling faster once sunspot numbers near ...

Scientists studied how space junk moved in orbit over a 36-year span, finding that increased solar activity caused it to fall ...

Two private companies are partnering up to establish a repeatable debris removal service for low Earth orbit, and they want ...