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 ...

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

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

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.

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

Left unchecked, the space around our planet could get so cluttered with debris that we might not be able to use some orbits anymore, according to the latest European Space Agency (ESA) report on ...