A space physics expert has warned that debris falling from the sky could cause major damage and even kill people.

People across southern Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, reported seeing a bright streak of matter shooting across the sky ...

The Starlink satellite reentry sparked at least 62 fireball reports to the American Meteor Society, which shared images and ...

As more space junk is falling to Earth uncontrolled, scientists are using seismometers to track the debris.

Two Chinese astronauts completed an 8.5-hour spacewalk on Jan. 20, a sojourn that installed debris shielding outside the ...

Space advertising is not currently a problem, but the enterprise needs to be smothered before it has a chance to grow, ...

NASA estimates that there are nearly 6,000 tons of space junk in low Earth orbit, moving around our planet at speeds up to 18,000 mph. Most space debris is from human-made objects like pieces of ...

Just as we are reckoning with how to conserve ecosystems on Earth for future living creatures, we must think of space as an ...

A satellite, initially identified as Starlink-5693, reentered Earth’s atmosphere Tuesday, causing a dazzling display visible ...

An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.

For existing debris, removal is the only solution. "For space objects which fail to de-orbit themselves for whatever reason, external means can be used to remove these objects from orbit," the booklet ...

This rapid increase in satellites that no longer serve a purpose will require new methods to deal with them - most commonly through other satellites known as on-orbit servicers (OOSs). Depending on ...