Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong will extend their stay aboard the Tiangong space station after their capsule was hit by ...

When a piece of debris hits another object in space, it can also create more space debris, adding to the problem.

Even in space, what goes up sometimes comes back down: spent rocket stages, defunct satellites and other bits of space debris ...

Specifically flagged by the UNEP are air pollution from launch emissions, spacecraft emissions in the stratosphere, as well as space debris re-entry and the potential to alter Earth's atmospheric ...

While these megaconstellations promise to bridge the digital gap and stimulate economic growth, they also increase the risks of orbital congestion and collisions. Rising risks of collisions and ...

ESA’s Zero Debris Vision sets six priority goals: preventing debris release, ensuring clearance at end-of-life, preventing break-ups, improving surveillance, avoiding ground casualties and mitigating ...

Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit to alleviate the space junk problem. When you purchase through links on our ...

Some problems grow quietly, almost politely, until they stop being ignorable. Space junk is one of those. It does not ...