NASA IS NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIRST OF ITS KIND MISSION. ONE OF ITS SPACE TELESCOPES NEEDS TO BE RESCUED. THE SWIFT ...

The upper stage from a commercial Chinese rocket that launched last week has broken apart in space, spreading debris in a ...

Authorities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) say an object seen breaking apart in the sky over Saipan has been identified as space debris. The CNMI ...

US Senate passes $70 billion ICE funding; fails to ban Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund The U.S. Senate handed President Donald Trump a victory early Friday morning, passing a bill that would provide ...

When the Sun reaches higher levels of activity, junk drifting in low Earth orbit loses altitude at an increased rate — and for the first time, scientists have measured that increase and identified ...

(TNS) — Satellite collisions in orbit could trigger a catastrophic global chain reaction, potentially halting space exploration, destroying GPS and raising risks for Maryland’s aerospace sector, which ...

In January, a Chinese spacecraft meant to carry three astronauts back to Earth from the Tiangong space station returned unmanned, but with a cracked window. The culprit? A piece of debris the size of ...

Junk removal can quickly become overwhelming for homeowners and businesses alike. Whether someone is preparing for a move, clearing out a garage, or managing a large cleanout project, having a ...

The Van Allen Probes spent seven years studying two donut-shaped rings of radiation around the Earth. NASA Over a decade ago, NASA launched two probes to investigate the Van Allen belts—two rings of ...

In a visualization by the space tracking company ExoAnalytic, China’s Shijian-21 satellite is seen docking with Compass G2, a defunct Chinese satellite in geostationary Earth orbit. Credit: ...

The increasing accumulation of space debris has transformed from a distant technical concern into a pressing global issue that could threaten both satellite operations and life on Earth. Every day, ...

Editor’s note: The video above is a previous episode of The Space Space, a KXAN+ original show. University of Texas students and staff will work directly with the U.S. Space Force to help “detect, ...