Satellite collisions in orbit could trigger a catastrophic global chain reaction, potentially halting space exploration, ...

AI is spurring ever more data satellites in space. How humanity plans to deal with the clutter is still an open question.

Airlines have long treated thunderstorms, snow and volcanic ash as the main reasons to slow or stop flights. Now a new hazard is rising from above, as fragments of rockets and satellites begin to ...

The Narwhal reports thousands of SpaceX Starlink satellites are creating space junk, raising environmental risks and concerns ...

While a flight delay or diversion because of bad weather sounds routine, what about a delay caused by falling space junk? While it sounds like a bad disaster movie, experts warn that satellite debris ...

Space junk falling out of orbit and crashing toward Earth is a growing threat. Indeed, old satellites and spacecraft parts reenter our planet’s atmosphere more than three times a day. When these ...

Nets, harpoons and suicide robots could become weapons of choice to hunt down the space junk threatening crucial communications satellites currently in orbit round Earth, scientists said Thursday.

Science news and we discuss mouthguard technology, space junk and changing the clocks.

How can scientists track space junk after it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere and impacts the ground? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as a team of scientists from the ...