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

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

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

Humanity has a new tool in the fight against space junk — "Space Armor," a multi-functional composite that could protect both ...

A new paper has listed the top 50 most problematic pieces of space debris currently in low Earth orbit (LEO). Most of them ...

The study found that, while in 2019 only 0.2% of satellites in Earth orbit were forced to perform more than 10 ...

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

A self-destructing robot will be sent into orbit on the world's first space cleanup mission, European scientists announced Monday, a fresh approach to fixing up the galaxy's junk graveyard. Our orbit ...

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.

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

The 50 pieces of debris listed by Darren McKnight's team from the satellite observation company LeoLabs pose the greatest ...