Here are a few of the most common (and problematic) types of space debris. Every mission has an expiration date. If all goes ...

Where does all that space junk go? And what does climate change have to do with it? The answers are on this episode of The ...

A new space environment report from the ESA shows that Earth's space junk problem got significantly worse throughout 2024.

Space debris grows rapidly, threatening satellites and future missions if cleanup efforts don't intensify now.

6 types of objects that could cause space debris apocalypse — Our warming Earth: 2024 was hottest year on record, NASA says ...

And the rocket fell. It was “one of the largest pieces of debris re-entering in the near past,” EU Space Surveillance and Tracking said at the time. Spain closed part of its airspace along the ...

sending a “chaser” spacecraft to retrieve a space debris target with its four robotic arms. However, the cost and potential for atmospheric pollution related to these types of projects have raised ...

It is poised to exacerbate the growing problem of space debris, potentially shrinking the usable space for satellite in low Earth orbit, according to a new MIT study. Researchers have calculated ...

Debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that blasted off in the United States on February 1 entered the Earth's atmosphere over Poland on Wednesday, the Polish space agency said. A 1.5 meter by one ...

Growing concentrations of greenhouse gases are making the upper atmosphere thinner, decreasing its ability to pull space junk out of orbit. As a result, far fewer satellites will be able to safely ...