The orbital sphere around Earth is stuffed with satellites, telescopes, and floating bits of paint and plastic. Nearly 170 million pieces of debris are currently in space. In outer space, where ...

Space debris threatens satellites and astronauts, highlighting the urgency to prevent cascading collisions in orbit.

Bay Area scientists weigh in on the “Kessler Syndrome,” the looming space junk crisis that would disrupt how we use ...

From solar storms to "shooting stars" over Stonehenge, here are our top 10 favorite space photos of 2024 — and what they told ...

The amount of space junk has magnified over the years, leading to more collisions and threats to future space missions.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

The 229-foot-tall rocket deployed the satellite into orbit 12,550 miles above Earth. In a Space Force press release issued two hours after liftoff, officials said "the mission successfully ...

McDowell confirmed on X that it was a satellite operated by Beijing-based Space View. "The commercial imaging satellite ...

Space startups in Japan and India said on Tuesday they had agreed to jointly study using laser-equipped satellites to remove debris from orbit, an experimental approach to the increasingly ...

Carved out from Japanese satellite giant SKY Perfect JSAT this year, Orbital Lasers is building a system that will use laser energy to stop the rotation of space junk by vaporising small parts of its ...

Carved out from Japanese satellite giant SKY Perfect JSAT this year, Orbital Lasers is building a system that will use laser energy to stop the rotation of space junk by vaporising small parts of ...