Space junk can impact other objects at over 22,300 mph, faster than a speeding bullet. Collisions with those tiny pieces often leave pits and dings in the many satellites, telescopes, and other ...

Astronomers laud NASA's plan to protect the space environment, but the agency needs to act fast to make a difference. This illustration depicts the distribution of trackable debris within Earth's ...

The debris arrives in the rockets’ wake: melted plastics, aluminum and pieces of blue adhesive. It all ends up stranded on ...

This is how debris finds itself languishing in space—and what some organizations are doing to mitigate the problem.

It has been advised that the debris may be either a fragment of a meteor or potentially space debris, commonly referred to as ...

The first wave of Starlink satellites are reaching the end of their five-year lifespans and burning up in droves.

Space debris is a growing problem as humanity launches more and more satellites into Earth orbit, ... (GEO) regions. Three months before the satellite is due to be decommissioned, ...

Shortly afterwards, the U.S. Space Force confirmed the breakup of Intelsat 33e and began tracking 20 pieces of debris associated with the satellite. “S4S [U.S. Space Forces-Space] has observed ...

Space junk is becoming a major problem for the space exploration industry. (Image credit: CU Boulder) While tractor beams may sound like a pipe dream, experts are optimistic about the technology.