Atomic-6's innovative Space Armor tiles will finally be put to the test later this year.

The safety concern continues to increase into 2026 as researchers at the University of British Columbia predicted in a study ...

Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong will extend their stay aboard the Tiangong space station after their capsule was hit by ...

All this space clutter means increased risk of collisions that generate more debris — better known as the Kessler syndrome. That cascading effect was detailed back in 1978 by NA ...

Scientists fear the "Kessler Syndrome," a theoretical chain reaction where collisions create more debris, potentially ...

A dead satellite can become a high-speed hazard in an orbit that is already packed with working spacecraft. That risk is why ...

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after they were briefly stranded at the nation's space station when space debris struck the vehicle they were meant to travel aboard. The delay may ...

Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit to alleviate the space junk problem.

"Do we react for everything which has a chance to reach the ground? Or do we react only for the very large objects, as we did ...

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the fifth in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...