A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pileup—causing ripple effects across everything from ...

As Earth's orbit becomes populated with more crafts and devices, researchers are looking for ways to detect and track ...

With another $88 million to play with, Astroscale is now preparing for the final approach and eventual docking with a floating chunk of space junk. This mission will launch in 2027 and will bring ...

Japanese ADRAS-J satellite captures historic close-up of space debris, advancing efforts to tackle orbital junk ...

A Crew Dragon called Freedom brought back to Earth the stranded astronauts of the Boing Starliner and the crew of the ninth ...

"Our behavior with greenhouse gases here on Earth over the past 100 years is having an effect on how we operate satellites ...

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

Floridians across the coast witnessed flaming space debris falling from the sky. So, what would happen if a piece of a rocket, or a satellite, or even an asteroid hit your home or car? It is rare ...

Space junk is a "persistent hazard," scientists say. Climate change could threaten the future use of satellites and significantly reduce the number of spacecraft that can safety orbit Earth ...

Japan's Astroscale , a company specialised in removing orbital junk, has agreed with Bengaluru-based space companies ...

Space debris travels at high speeds ... Plasma is a gas-like state of matter made of free-floating negative electrons and positive ions. Bernhardt and colleagues are developing the instruments ...