Despite this incessant rain of junk battering the atmosphere, the amount of space debris increased over the course of 2024, ...

We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The ...

More than 130 million pieces of space debris are currently orbiting Earth. As space exploration increases, researchers warn ...

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The Kenya Space Agency has cautioned the public to stay vigilant amid concerns that debris from a rocket body could fall ...

"My question is, have y’all been to space? Go to space or go to Blue Origin and see what they do and then come back and say, ...

The ESA hopes we'll someday treat Earth's orbit as an international nature preserve: 'What you bring in with you, you must ...

In the intense early days of the space race, a small, unusual satellite was launched into space sixty-seven years ago.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a warning about all of the space junk surrounding Earth and how it could cause ...

With thousands of satellites launched every year, the growing danger of space debris, particularly defunct satellites and spent rocket stages returning to Earth, can “potentially be catastrophic”.

China’s construction of a pair of communications megaconstellations could cloud low Earth orbit with large spent rocket stages for decades or beyond, according to analysts.

At least three old satellites or rocket bodies fall back to Earth every day, a new report reveals. And experts warn that the number of objects returning from space is set to increase, a possible ...