Space is a useful place to put things like satellites that enable global communication, but there's also a lot of trash up ...

Earth’s orbit is getting crowded, and scientists are warning that space may soon become too risky to manage safely. A new ...

Suspected space junk which crashed near an iron ore mine in remote WA has been linked to a Chinese rocket launch.

A CNSA official confirmed work on space debris removal, a move seen as key for orbital sustainability but fraught with ...

Scientists are studying how sensors designed to detect nuclear tests could help track space junk and meteorites crashing down in the world's most remote regions. Across the world, dozens of ...

Space debris became inevitable after the first satellite, Sputnik I, was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. Since the 1960s, the U.S. Air Force has relied on the Space Surveillance ...

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 ...

Space debris, comprising non-functional satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragmentation remnants, poses a significant risk to current and future space operations. The continuous growth of debris in ...