CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon is about to get walloped by a big piece of space junk. The leftover rocket will slam into the far side of the moon Friday. Experts think it is from a China launch ...
Low Earth orbit has quietly become one of the most crowded and hazardous environments humanity has ever created, with an ...
Space junk is raising safety concerns for aircraft, with a 2025 study warning of a 26% chance debris could pass through busy ...
Sometimes, what goes up doesn’t come back down — instead, it becomes a problem. Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, millions of pieces orbit the Earth, from broken satellites to lost ...
A SpaceX executive said the move would reduce the "likelihood of collision" with other satellites and space debris.