Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...

Earth’s orbit is turning into a high-speed scrapyard, but someone is finally stepping up to clean it. With over 32,000 pieces ...

Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of debris are also colliding, adding to the millions of smaller fragments which ...

Space junk is a major threat with millions of debris pieces now in orbit. Risks range from minor collisions reducing the ...

SPACE debris raining down on Earth is increasingly at risk of causing “catastrophic” collisions with aircraft, a damning new report has revealed. A sharp rise in the number of rocket ...

By 2030, we will face an unprecedented situation: the first major space station in history will cease to exist. But what ...

Kall Morris Inc. will continue to demonstrate the REACCH project at the ISS for the next few months and expects to launch a ...

Any time you see something falling through the sky, like leaving that trail of light, whether it’s space junk or a meteor ...

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, according to new research.

In her new book, social anthropologist Dr Ceridwen Dovey explores the imaginary tales of human-made objects adrift in outer space, using real events ...

As more space junk is falling to Earth uncontrolled, scientists are using seismometers to track the debris.

Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected ...