It can be challenging to quantify how much of a danger space debris poses. The International Civil Aviation Organization ...

Earlier this month, Google researchers released a paper about “Project Suncatcher,” the company’s research “moonshot” to ...

A Munich student has taken on one of spaceflight's most urgent challenges: clearing Earth's orbit of debris. With his startup ...

A wrench was thrown in the plans of China's space program when debris struck Shenzhou-20's docked spacecraft earlier this ...

Space debris cracked China’s Shenzhou-20 return craft, forcing three taikonauts to delay their trip home and exposing rising ...

Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation’s space station Friday after more than a week’s delay because the return ...

GSU professor Lincoln Hines explains how space debris damaged a re-entry capsule and extended China’s mission.

China's Shenzhou-21 crew of astronauts is technically currently stranded on board the Tiangong without a usable spacecraft at ...

The risk of flights being hit by space junk is still small, but it’s growing. About three pieces of old space equipment —used rockets and defunct satellites—fall into Earth’s atmosphere every day, ...

Outer space is no longer a silent frontier of exploration. It is rapidly transforming into a bustling commercial domain, ...

Guest blog by Richard Jacklin, Commercial Lead for Space at Plextek, and James Snape, Founder of Aphelion Industries ...

The timing is suspicious, as NASA scientists admit they are 'baffled' by the comet's composition. Spectroscopic analysis has ...