Given the mounting number of objects in orbit, this is likely to be a more regular occurrence. It's costly in terms of damage to equipment, and increasingly a threat to life. When a piece of debris ...

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

"Do we react for everything which has a chance to reach the ground? Or do we react only for the very large objects, as we did ...

The problem posed by human-made junk in space worsened significantly in 2024, according to a new report by the European Space Agency. The report follows a Chinese launch last August that raised alarms ...

Airlines have long treated thunderstorms, snow and volcanic ash as the main reasons to slow or stop flights. Now a new hazard ...

Falling hardware from orbit used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, as launch rates surge and commercial aviation ...

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

Left unchecked, the space around our planet could get so cluttered with debris that we might not be able to use some orbits anymore, according to the latest European Space Agency (ESA) report on the ...

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

As the number of satellites in Earth orbit increases, so too does the risk from space debris — and some experts warn certain orbits could already be getting dangerously crowded. The mass of debris in ...

An orbital emergency in 2025 linked to space debris highlights gaps in tracking, rising launch activity, and growing risks to human spaceflight and Earth’s orbital environment ...

Moriba Jah, a space debris expert and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, said the incident highlights the ...