Earth’s orbit is getting crowded with broken satellites and leftover rocket parts. Researchers say the solution is to build ...

Google’s Project Suncatcher would need sophisticated collision avoidance capabilities to navigate a junk-filled landscape.

Scientists unveiled some unusual information about space. A group of researchers and astronauts, find that Earth’s orbit is ...

As the space industry continues to grow, the environmental impact of space missions becomes an increasingly urgent concern. A ...

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the fifth in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...

A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and anti-satellite missile testing. These fragments—some as small as grains of ...

Left unchecked, the space around our planet could get so cluttered with debris that we might not be able to use some orbits anymore, according to the latest European Space Agency (ESA) report on the ...

News that a window on a spaceship has cracked might not seem particularly newsworthy unless the window in question is part of ...

Look in the night sky, and you’ll see planets, stars, maybe even a satellite. But what you don’t see are all the other objects floating around Earth -- also known as space junk. “Space debris put ...

China has unveiled its next-generation “EYESAT” constellation, a major 156-satellite program aimed at strengthening global space traffic management. The initiative comes as concerns grow over ...

On Saturday, a huge chunk of what is almost certainly space junk was found lying in the middle of a desert road in Western Australia, according to the Australian Space Agency. Its exact origins aren’t ...