Suspected space junk which crashed near an iron ore mine in remote WA has been linked to a Chinese rocket launch.

A CNSA official confirmed work on space debris removal, a move seen as key for orbital sustainability but fraught with ...

Space is a useful place to put things like satellites that enable global communication, but there's also a lot of trash up ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) hopes to avoid that fate for future spacefarers, and has created the Zero Debris Charter as ...

Hopefully, this new space age we're in will incentivize governments to preemptively work out some new treaties or agreements.

The discovery of an unexpected piece of space debris in Australia has ignited a firestorm of speculation, fuelling viral ...

Earth’s orbit is getting crowded, and scientists are warning that space may soon become too risky to manage safely. A new ...

A new paper has listed the top 50 most problematic pieces of space debris currently in low Earth orbit (LEO). Most of them are from the last century and pose a serious risk of breaking into finer, ...

As nations and private companies prepare to ramp up the number of missions to the Moon, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic ...

Germany intends for both satellites to have the ability to maneuver in orbit using on-board propulsion and technology for ...

Satellite imaging company Vantor—formerly Maxar Intelligence—has signed a contract with the U.S. Space Force to help run a “neighborhood watch” in space to monitor for space-based threats like rogue ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Fiery space debris lit up the night sky over the Golden State on Thursday, sparking hundreds of reports from residents and leaving many to wonder what they had witnessed. The ...