Space debris surrounds the Earth so Nationalworld spoke to an expert at the UK Space Agency to see what sustainable ways ...

The amount of space debris (old satellites and spent rocket stages) falling back to Earth has doubled over the past 10 years. A few hundred tonnes of old space junk now vaporises in the atmosphere ...

For example, in 2006, the International Space Station’s window was damaged by a particle no larger than a millimeter. Larger debris, like the inactive Russian satellite Cosmos 2251, which ...

While it’s true that some space debris re-enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns up, the idea that all debris will eventually meet this fate is misleading. Only objects orbiting in low Earth ...

Since Elon Musk sent a Tesla Roadster in space in 2018, cars made on Earth by humans have made their entrance onto the intergalactic stage. For all you alien readers out there, we created this ...

It will contain 200 sensors and four cameras but no propulsion or navigation systems. Most space debris that returns to Earth is uncontrolled anyway, and the point is to closely mimic an average ...

Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. MILAN – National and international debris mitigation standards and policies ...

SpaceX's reusable rocket tech could reduce 'space junk' SpaceX's rocket-catching achievement is a step towards creating a reusable launch system, and reducing its contribution to space junk.

NASA believes the meteor shower—dust and debris from Halley’s comet—is one of the “most beautiful” of the year.

Head of ESA Josef Aschbacher stated that his agency had garnered more than 100 signatories to its Zero Debris Charters, which sets out principles for space debris mitigation. Aschbacher also ...

Sound as we know it does not exist in space. That’s because, on Earth, sound mainly travels to our ears via vibrating air molecules. Because space is a vacuum, meaning there is no matter at all ...