When it comes to space debris, what goes up is coming down more often – and not safely. When spacecraft launch, some ...

A few decades ago, Earth’s orbit was considered vast and empty, but today, it is rapidly becoming one of the most congested ...

Sometimes, what goes up doesn’t come back down — instead, it becomes a problem. Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, millions of pieces orbit the Earth, from broken satellites to lost ...

Scientists studied how space junk moved in orbit over a 36-year span, finding that increased solar activity caused it to fall ...

A recent event involving a Russian satellite, the Luch/Olymp, which appears to have disintegrated in orbit, has raised alarming questions about the rising threats posed by space debris. The satellite, ...