Low-orbit Earth could become inoperable for spacecraft and satellites if this complacency persists, with dire consequences.

Artist's depiction of what a concentrated cloud of space debris might look like. Credit: NASA According to the European Space Agency (ESA), more than 170 million pieces of space junk are currently ...

For this reason, the German Space Agency at DLR is funding research activities in the field of space debris as part of the 'Space Systems and Robotics' programme. The German Space Agency is also ...

Last Days of the Space Age probably won’t be the last word on the biggest thing to hit Australia in 1979. It weighed 77 ...

Will Low Earth Orbit succumb to the amount of space junk humans are dropping into space? Or can AI help identify, track, and ...

About 25,000 are pieces of obsolete satellites, rocket parts and debris — space junk orbiting out of control and posing a threat to the satellites people need. Nine in 10 useful satellites are ...

Low-Earth Warning Some of the world's leading space experts are warning that the current orbital junk crisis surrounding our ...

Given the fact that space junk can float in space for several years makes it a big problem. For example, a chunk of an old rocket launched by the US in 1994 passed close to the ISS causing the ...

This Roman orgy of a film, 40 years in the making, warns of end of days for America – but more likely just means the end of ...

Space News have reported that NASA is tracking hundreds of particles of debris from the collision, and said the orbiting International Space Station faced a small risk of being struck. AFP PHOTO ...

"We were able to reduce the weight by as much as 40% and still have it pass the tests for orbital debris needs." A next-generation space debris protection material is readying for a test trip to ...

The project is intended to help understand how exactly satellites break apart so that scientists can learn how to prevent the creation of more space debris. Space junk is becoming a bigger problem ...