Specifically flagged by the UNEP are air pollution from launch emissions, spacecraft emissions in the stratosphere, as well ...

Even in space, what goes up sometimes comes back down: spent rocket stages, defunct satellites and other bits of space debris ...

Space environment health score shows how healthy - or stressed - Earth’s orbit is expected to become over the next 200 years.

A growing number of airlines are teaming up with satellite internet providers like Starlink and Project Kuiper to make it ...

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

A spacecraft was recently hit by space junk, raising concerns about the increasing threat of debris in Earth's orbit. This ...

Given the mounting number of objects in orbit, this is likely to be a more regular occurrence. It's costly in terms of damage ...

At least three old satellites or rocket bodies fall back to Earth every day, a new report reveals. And experts warn that the number of objects returning from space is set to increase, a possible ...

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

BEIJING -- The large Chinese rocket that is out of control and set to reenter Earth's atmosphere this weekend has brought about an alarming but not unprecedented situation. Space debris has crashed ...

Some problems grow quietly, almost politely, until they stop being ignorable. Space junk is one of those. It does not ...

(SPACE.COM ) The space around Earth is becoming more cluttered by the day with orbital junk that, if left unchecked, will pose an ever-increasing threat to current and future spacecraft, a panel of ...