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

An astronomer noticed the alarming trend. Elon Musk's SpaceX faces backlash over fiery satellites plummeting to Earth: 'We ...

Hundreds of satellites may soon be flying in orbital regions that are already too packed to allow safe and long-term ...

The Kessler syndrome could be closer to becoming a reality as a growing number of Elon Musk's Starlink satellites fall from the sky ...

Theorised by NASA scientists Donald Kessler and Burton Cour-Palais back in 1978, Kessler syndrome warns that objects orbiting ...

If Starlink continues scaling up operations, there could be as many as five of these satellites raining down on us daily.

WASHINGTON -- Space junk orbiting Earth, which has disabled satellites and nearly hit the International Space Station, represents a growing threat that NASA needs to deal with better, the National ...

A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and anti-satellite missile testing. These fragments—some as small as grains of ...

Cheap, uninsured satellites are creating more space junk — and it's starting to rain down on our heads. Airplane passengers crossing the Indian Ocean who peered out their windows on Oct. 19, 2024, ...

Experts say a spent SpaceX booster rocket that has been orbiting the Earth for several years will crash into the moon in the weeks ahead. According to Ars Technica, the booster lifted off with a ...

Asteroid zooms past Earth unnoticed in ‘one of the closest approaches ever’ - Asteroid came as close as 430 km (265 miles) ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." Earth may no longer be ...