There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA. NASA states that debris can reach speeds of 18,000 ...

We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The ...

To celebrate their new instrumental album "Space Junk," Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives appeared at an East ...

Space missions are all about precision and planning… or at least, they’re supposed to be. But even in the vast, high-tech ...

At least three old satellites or rocket bodies fall back to Earth every day, a new report reveals. And experts warn that the number of objects returning from space is set to increase, a possible ...

There are over 40,000 pieces of space debris orbiting Earth that, in the event of a collision, could cause significant damage ...

There are over 40,000 pieces of space debris orbiting Earth that, in the event of a collision, could cause considerable ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a warning about all of the space junk surrounding Earth and how it could cause ...

After inspection by local authorities and the Polish space agency, officials determined the object’s identity: a piece of debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that had re-entered the atmosphere.

A new report released April 1 by the European Space Agency sheds light on space pollution surrounding our planet — how bad the problem is, and what we need to do to keep Earth orbits clean enough to ...

The problem of debris in Earth orbit is getting worse. According to the European Space Agency's (ESA) annual Space ...