Low Earth orbit has quietly become one of the most crowded and hazardous environments humanity has ever created, with an ...

Space debris – the collection of defunct human-made objects in Earth's orbit – is already affecting space agencies, companies ...

Space environment health score shows how healthy - or stressed - Earth’s orbit is expected to become over the next 200 years.

"Do we react for everything which has a chance to reach the ground? Or do we react only for the very large objects, as we did ...

Microscopic space debris cracked the window of China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft in November 2025, delaying the crew’s return ...

An orbital emergency in 2025 linked to space debris highlights gaps in tracking, rising launch activity, and growing risks to human spaceflight and Earth’s orbital environment ...

( NewsNation) — SpaceX will be moving around 4,400 satellites to a lower orbit in 2026, according to an X post from Michael ...

A dead satellite can become a high-speed hazard in an orbit that is already packed with working spacecraft. That risk is why ...

Space junk is raising safety concerns for aircraft, with a 2025 study warning of a 26% chance debris could pass through busy ...

Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit ...

A SpaceX executive said the move would reduce the "likelihood of collision" with other satellites and space debris.