Two scientists have developed an innovative technique that analyzes data collected by terrestrial seismic sensors to monitor the reentry of space debris fragments, a growing issue. They demonstrated ...

Sending satellites into space may soon require putting up a "deposit" first. A proposal has emerged to collect a deposit of 200,000 dollars, approximately 265 million Korean won, before launching ...

Nearly half the manmade objects orbiting Earth are chunks of “uncontrollable” space junk — with just three countries fueling the problem and endangering future space travel, a shocking new study found ...

Researchers present a novel way to track errant space debris as it falls to Earth in near-real-time, according to a new study. Their method uses ground-based seismic sensors. Over the last several ...

Seventy years ago, Earth had only one satellite: the moon. Now it has more than 15,000—about 10,000 of which are owned by Elon Musk's SpaceX. The world's first trillionaire plans to launch 1 million ...

When it comes to space debris, what goes up is coming down more often—and not safely. When spacecraft launch, some components, including nonreusable rocket boosters, are jettisoned to decrease weight, ...

Six mysterious metal spheres that washed ashore last weekend at Forrest Beach in northern Queensland, Australia, are “suspected space debris,” the Australian Space Agency announced Monday on social ...

Space junk falling out of orbit and crashing toward Earth is a growing threat. Indeed, old satellites and spacecraft parts reenter our planet’s atmosphere more than three times a day. When these ...

Seventy years ago, Earth had only one satellite: the Moon. Now it has more than 15,000 – about 10,000 of which are owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The world’s first trillionaire plans to launch one ...