Just as we are reckoning with how to conserve ecosystems on Earth for future living creatures, we must think of space as an ...

According to the European Space Agency (ESA), more than 170 million pieces of space junk are currently orbiting Earth. But what is that debris exactly, and how did it get there? Is the ...

More than four decades later, NASA has called the growing amount of “space junk” a “global problem” that threatens future space explorations, as well as the safety of people in space and ...

"In 2024, we saw a 17% year-over-year spike in the average number of close approaches in low Earth orbit per satellite." An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to ...

Here’s how it works. A massive piece of space junk recently smashed into a village in Kenya. The 1,100-pound (500 kilograms) ring of metal likely came from a rocket, though its exact origins are ...

This is how debris finds itself languishing in space—and what some organizations are doing to mitigate the problem.

The object turned out to be space debris — junk left over from six decades of space exploration and a growing number of commercial launches, the Kenya Space Agency said Wednesday. It identified ...

“We didn’t know if it was a bomb or whatever it was and it fell here.” 2:10 Deadly risks of falling space junk on the rise according to Canadian study Deadly risks of falling space junk on ...

Just this November, an incoming piece of space junk prompted the International Space Station to take action to maneuver itself out of harm's way. A Russian cargo ship docked at the space station fired ...

The number of space junk, including loose debris from spacecraft and decommissioned equipment, is growing at an alarming rate annually. Some of these space pieces are the size of large SUVs or ...

the International Space Station took precautionary action to avoid a piece of space junk. A Russian cargo ship docked at the station fired its thrusters for over five minutes to create extra ...