Millions of pieces of debris now circle Earth in space. Scientists are exploring new ways to remove them and protect future ...

The Shenzhou 20 vehicle was deemed unfit to carry astronauts back to Earth after suffering a space junk strike.

Chinese astronauts have installed protection against "space junk" aboard the permanently inhabited station Tiangong, according to China's manned spaceflight authorities, a month after a docked vessel ...

Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, with millions of pieces orbiting the Earth, and humans need to figure out a way to deal with it.

A circular space economy could transform wasteful spaceflight into a sustainable, reusable system for the future.

Last week, news emerged that the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft docked to China’s Tiangong space station had sustained serious damage, likely due to space debris. The capsule was meant to allow a crew of ...

It's low but, um, never zero. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the ...

Three Chinese astronauts who had been stranded for days in space after a suspected piece of space junk hit their spacecraft are back on Earth, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSE) ...

Three astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after being stranded due to a rare space debris incident. The Chinese crew was transported on board a different vessel than the one they were originally ...

Early one February morning in 2025, Adam Borucki discovered something extraordinary behind his warehouse in Poland: a charred metal tank, roughly 1.5 meters across. It had crashed from space during ...

Asteroids contain large quantities of both precious and common metals, and despite the obvious challenges in reaching them, a few startups say these celestial bodies could offer a sustainable ...

China's Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took a hit from a piece of space debris floating through orbit, causing Chinese officials to delay the spacecraft's return from its Tiangong space station in early ...