After nearly six months in a low-Earth orbit, China’s mysterious experimental reusable spacecraft Shenlong appears to have ...

A new report by NASA outlines the most promising approaches to keeping the space around Earth safe and usable for future ...

There are approximately 6,000 satellites that are currently orbiting Earth. The UMA researchers dynamically calculated the quantity of space debris based on the optimal behavior of space-operating ...

But what if it was Canadian debris hitting China?" How we can prevent outer space from becoming the Wild West 'This is uncomfortably close': 2 defunct satellites orbiting Earth at risk of ...

The FCC has made a landmark foray into space debris enforcement but it’s unclear how it would translate greater visibility ...

How the Japanese firm Astroscale is set to start cleaning up the Earth's orbiting space debris. This video has been optimised for mobile viewing on the BBC News app. The BBC News app is available ...

and the amount of space junk orbiting Earth has skyrocketed in recent years. Now filled with the decaying hulks of defunct rockets and satellites, our polluted orbital environment is becoming more ...

Experts claim there are over 160 million pieces of space debris currently orbiting Earth, which could be extremely dangerous and cause a cascading chain of collisions. However, according to NASA’s new ...

Dec. 4, 2023 — Satellite and spacecraft operators may finally be able to detect small pieces of debris orbiting Earth using a new approach. Colliding pieces of space debris emit electric signals ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Since the Soviets launched the first satellite in 1957, humans have put ...

ARMENPRES. Since the dawn of the human space era in the mid-20th century, we have launched thousands of rockets and even more ...