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 ...

RISE, a mission by ESA in collaboration with D-Orbit, will extend the lifespan of geostationary satellites through in-orbit servicing, fostering a sustainable space environment by avoiding the ...

audiences are taken on a heart-pounding journey as two astronauts find themselves stranded in space after their shuttle is struck by debris. While the film is a work of fiction, it has sparked ...

The Leonid meteor shower will peak around midnight on November 18. Here's how to watch the spectacular light show yourself, ...

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 ...

Social media reports of fireballs lighting up the night sky seemingly pop up very regularly — just this week hundreds of ...

A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the ...

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.

Lockheed Martin, in partnership with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, initiated a 100-hour "creep" test in ...

Related: Pollution from rocket launches and burning satellites could cause the next environmental emergency Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at Harvard and Smithsonian and a leading space debris ...