At this moment, there are approximately 35,000 tracked human-generated objects in orbit around Earth. Of these, only about ...

The danger is not hypothetical. On April 30, 2025, the International Space Station performed its 41st maneuver to avoid ...

There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in ...

Even though it was small, it officially became a piece of space junk. In November 2008, while on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper accidentally ...

According to a report published by the European Space Agency, there are now around 130 million pieces of space debris measuring more than one millimeter. This space junk represents a high risk of ...