This is how debris finds itself languishing in space—and what some organizations are doing to mitigate the problem.

Just as we are reckoning with how to conserve ecosystems on Earth for future living creatures, we must think of space as an ...

The ESA has released the Zero Debris Technical Booklet to elucidate the challenges to a zero-debris future and propose ...

Satellites and chunks of space junk come close to colliding on a regular basis. The situation could get dangerously out of control.

The increasing amount of debris has heightened fears about the "Kessler syndrome". Named after an American astrophysicist called Donald Kessler, it refers to a scenario in which a space junk collision ...

A large metallic ring from space crash-landed in Kenya on New Year's Day. Officials want to determine its origins and hold the owner accountable.

It was the first known in-orbit collision to occur between two human-made spacecraft, but certainly not the last: In 2023, the ESA found that space debris tends to smash into other debris ...

Government officials in Turks and Caicos said Friday that debris from a SpaceX rocket test that went awry fell over the Caribbean islands but that there have been no reported injuries so far and only ...

Space junk has filled up so much of Earth's orbit that it's endangering satellites and astronauts. The company Kayhan Space issues roughly 1,000 space-collision warnings per day. Earth-orbit experts ...

Debris striking the space station could have spelled disaster ... of times since it was first occupied in November 2000, and collision risks are growing every year as the number of objects ...

Space Situational Awareness Industry size is expected to register 5.1% CAGR between 2025 and 2034 propelled by rising ...