It’s an issue we can no longer afford to treat as theoretical. To address this threat, the space industry must transition from ground-based tracking to orbit-based detection systems capable of ...

A German student has taken on one of spaceflight's most urgent challenges: clearing Earth's orbit of debris. With his startup ...

There are thousands of communication satellites in Earth's lower orbit, belonging to various nations, including Russia, the ...

Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation’s space station Friday after more than a week’s delay because the return ...

The risk of flights being hit by space junk is still small, but it’s growing. About three pieces of old space equipment —used rockets and defunct satellites—fall into Earth’s atmosphere every day, ...

Trump said he would cut "some very popular Democrat programs that aren't popular with Republicans," but permanent layoffs disclosed on Friday also targeted education programs supported by Republicans.

It can be challenging to quantify how much of a danger space debris poses. The International Civil Aviation Organization ...

Get ready, Mississippi skygazers! A major meteor shower will hit its peak soon in November 2025. Here's when and where to see ...

Three Chinese astronauts are back on earth after they had to prolong their stay in outer space due to space debris hitting their spacecraft.

Not long before Shenzhou-20 was set to carry the three home it was struck by a piece of space debris, leaving cracks in one ...

The Shenzhou 20 spacecraft was too damaged to bring its crew home from China’s Tiangong space station. Those astronauts have ...

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after they were briefly stranded at the nation's space station when space ...