Objects in orbit that fall to Earth can pose a risk to life and infrastructure. Research outlines a new method to follow ...

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

By mapping areas where seismometers in southern California detected sonic booms, researchers at Johns Hopkins University and ...

The first emergency operation in the history of China's human spaceflight program ended on Jan. 19 when an uncrewed Shenzhou ...

Earth's orbit is getting dangerously crowded with space debris, raising the risk of satellite collisions and global ...

China routinely sends astronauts to and from its space station Tiangong. A crew capsule is about to undock from the station and return to Earth, but there's nothing routine about its journey home. The ...

Atomic-6's innovative Space Armor tiles will finally be put to the test later this year.

ESA’s Zero Debris Vision sets six priority goals: preventing debris release, ensuring clearance at end-of-life, preventing ...

Researchers have proposed a theoretical timepiece, dubbed the "CRASH Clock," which tells us how quickly satellites would ...

"2.8 days is the average expectation value for time to the first collision." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. How long would it ...

Astronauts orbiting the Earth are drilled to deal with the worst possible scenarios. That includes having to leave a doomed ...

When a piece of debris hits another object in space, it can also create more space debris, adding to the problem. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...