Angus Stewart, joint head of the National Space Operations Centre at the UK Space Agency, said: “Over the past 12 months or ...

That was the warning from a trio of astronomers and atmospheric scientists in a new essay for The Conversation, which ...

When people think of climate change, they don't think of satellites, but that may change now that Japan is launching wooden ...

After a Falcon 9 rocket stage burned up in the atmosphere, vaporised lithium and other metals drifted over Europe. This ...

When a defunct Russian imaging satellite suddenly shattered in orbit, astronauts on the International Space Station were ordered into their return capsules and told to brace for impact. The incident, ...

When we look up at the night sky and see a satellite glide past, we might not consider climate change or the ozone layer. Space may feel separate from the environmental systems that sustain life on ...

As more satellite megaconstellations continue to be launched, researchers are exploring the odds people could be struck by falling debris from reentering spacecraft.

The European Space Agency is designing a ground-based laser system called Omlet to nudge space debris away from satellites.

Space junk returning to Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found.

Since 1971, space agencies have crashed retired spacecraft at Point Nemo, raising concerns about ocean debris and the ISS ...

The increasing number of satellites and space debris raises the risk of collisions.