Over the decades, a "Whipple Shield" came into wide use for mitigating space debris impacts. This structure was introduced by ...

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

In the vast expanse of space, satellites and astronauts are constantly exposed to a perilous threat: space debris. These tiny ...

Old rocket parts and decommissioned satellites are whizzing around in low Earth orbit, where they risk colliding with the ...

As Beijing prepares to tackle space debris, transparency and trust will determine whether the effort is viewed as stewardship ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) hopes to avoid that fate for future spacefarers, and has created the Zero Debris Charter as ...

On February 18, 2024, Astroscale launched its ADRAS-J (Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan) mission on board Rocket Lab ...

While SpaceX's Starlink network has revolutionised global connectivity, its rapid expansion adds to growing congestion in ...

A coalition of scientists and historians are floating a long-shot plan to retrieve orbiting relics—raising questions about what is space junk or space treasure.

A fiery streak was reported by hundreds of Californians on Thursday as a former Starlink satellite reentered Earth's ...