A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and ...
Astroscale is a 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair winner for developing a satellite designed to rendezvous with space junk, with the ...
This technology offers a solution to the continuous accumulation of space debris, such as defunct satellites and spent rocket stages.
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, ...
A coalition of scientists and historians are floating a long-shot plan to retrieve orbiting relics—raising questions about ...
Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm the ozone layer Dan Falk - Science Correspondent An illustration shows a ...