An interactive map has recently highlighted the alarming increase in out-of-control rockets and spacecraft crashing back to ...

Suspected space junk which crashed near an iron ore mine in remote WA has been linked to a Chinese rocket launch.

With satellites orbiting the Earth exploding into tens of thousands of pieces, the danger of collisions with space debris is ...

Scientists are studying how sensors designed to detect nuclear tests could help track space junk and meteorites crashing down in the world's most remote regions. Across the world, dozens of ...

A CNSA official confirmed work on space debris removal, a move seen as key for orbital sustainability but fraught with ...

When a satellite’s time ends, agencies may decide to send it further away to an altitude of 36,000 km above the Earth’s surface to the geostationary orbit, also known as the larger graveyard orbit, or ...

A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pile up—causing ripple effects across everything from weather tracking to broadband internet to national defense. A photo composite ...

A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and anti-satellite missile testing. These fragments—some as small as grains of ...

Scott Manley, a popular YouTube creator and pilot, was among the first people to speculate online about the collision being ...

Something "size of a pea" could puncture Atlantis on mission to repair Hubble. May 13, 2009 — -- A myriad of space debris combined with a 21-inch scratch across delicate thermal tiles has the ...