After a Falcon 9 rocket stage burned up in the atmosphere, vaporised lithium and other metals drifted over Europe. This ...

Space debris has been a major safety concern for operations for years now, but SpaceX and Starlink think they've found a way ...

Extreme solar activity or even a software glitch could put us just days away from a satellite collision in low-Earth orbit.

Scientists directly measured the lithium left behind in the mesosphere when pieces of a SpaceX rocket fell to Earth over ...

When a Russian satellite shattered in orbit, the fragments did not simply drift away into the void. They spread into busy ...

Dots representing tracked bits of space junk encircle the planet. Most of these objects are concentrated in low Earth orbit — the region of space within 1,200 miles of the Earth's surface. - NASA ODPO ...

Dear EarthTalk: What is space debris, and can we reduce or eliminate it? – H.B., Troy, NY ...

A self-destructing robot will be sent into orbit on the world's first space cleanup mission, European scientists announced Monday, a fresh approach to fixing up the galaxy's junk graveyard. Our orbit ...

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud services has led to a massive demand for computing power. The surge has strained data infrastructure, which requires lots of electricity to ...

Could we prevent in-orbit crashes in the future by using advanced computer models?

Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after retirement, raising new concerns about debris in high Earth orbit. When you ...