Space is a useful place to put things like satellites that enable global communication, but there's also a lot of trash up ...

A piece of a suspected rocket found on fire in Western Australia highlights the growing problem of space junk – and how ...

Suspected space junk that crashed near an iron ore mine in remote WA has been linked to a Chinese rocket launch, as authorities continue to probe the object's origin.The smoking piece of debris was ...

29. China will work on its space situational awareness capabilities in order to track objects and assess the chances of ...

A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pile up—causing ripple effects across everything from weather tracking to broadband internet to national defense. A photo composite ...

A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and anti-satellite missile testing. These fragments—some as small as grains of ...

A fiery streak was reported by hundreds of Californians on Thursday as a former Starlink satellite reentered Earth's ...

Space debris, comprising non-functional satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragmentation remnants, poses a significant risk to current and future space operations. The continuous growth of debris in ...

A new paper has listed the top 50 most problematic pieces of space debris currently in low Earth orbit (LEO). Most of them ...

Something "size of a pea" could puncture Atlantis on mission to repair Hubble. May 13, 2009 — -- A myriad of space debris combined with a 21-inch scratch across delicate thermal tiles has the ...