Scientists studied how space junk moved in orbit over a 36-year span, finding that increased solar activity caused it to fall ...

Two private companies are partnering up to establish a repeatable debris removal service for low Earth orbit, and they want ...

A new study links the sun's 11-year cycle to accelerated orbital loss, with debris falling faster once sunspot numbers near ...

Two private companies, Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space, have teamed up with a bold mission to tackle the growing ...

Earth’s orbit is getting crowded with broken satellites and leftover rocket parts. Researchers say the solution is to build spacecraft that can be repaired, reused, or recycled instead of abandoned.

Solar emissions exert 'drag' on space junk orbiting Earth. From historical measurements across a period of 36 years, ...

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Tens of thousands of human-made objects orbiting the Earth could pose a risk to life, infrastructure and the environment when they fall through the atmosphere. Typically the space debris is tracked ...

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—poses a risk to humans when it falls to the ground. To locate possible crash sites, a Johns Hopkins University ...