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

As satellite launches skyrocket and orbital debris multiplies, aviation authorities are scrambling to prevent space junk from ...

Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after ...

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

On February 4, 1995, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery launched an itty bitty satellite called an Orbital Debris ...

When Sir Keir Starmer left for Beijing earlier this week, he probably didn’t imagine that a Chinese rocket would be ...

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 ...

Earthquake sensors are giving scientists a new way to track space junk as it falls back to Earth.

Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous objects in near real time.

A new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track space junk by tuning into their sonic booms CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how ...

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 ...