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

The International Space Station has been in orbit for more than 25 years. Here's how to regularly spot the outpost from Earth ...

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

As Earth’s orbit becomes increasingly crowded with decommissioned satellites and fragments from the 1960s, however, ...

If there are one or two more collisions in the most popular orbits, space debris could bring us very unhappy times,” said ...

A new listing of the 50 most concerning pieces of space debris in low-Earth orbit is dominated by relics more than a quarter-century old, primarily dead rockets left to hurtle through space at the end ...

A circular economy is one in which products do not end up as waste but are instead repaired, reused, or transformed into new materials. This stands in contrast to the linear economy currently dominant ...

Operating in low Earth orbit, typically below 1,250 miles, modern satellite constellations rely on ...

A video captured by a newly launched SpaceX Starlink satellite shows us what it's like to zoom above our beautiful blue ...