When astronomer Samantha Lawler got an email from a journalist in May 2024 saying that space junk may have landed in a farmer ...

It has been advised that the debris may be either a fragment of a meteor or potentially space debris, commonly referred to as ...

As space junk increases, more operators are choosing to launch without any insurance at all. To compensate, companies are ...

Drivers across the Southeast were startled when they saw a mysterious fireball streak across the sky. Many reported shaking ...

The object was likely either a meteor or space junk, with most sightings of the streak of light and fireball coming from ...

The ISS performed its 39th ever space junk collision avoidance maneuver on Nov. 19. Although it was the first such maneuver in 2024, it may not be the last, experts say.

The concept known as “Kessler Syndrome” was proposed nearly five decades ago. Experts weigh in on whether the space-based disaster scenario is already unfolding.

According to the European Space Agency (ESA), more than 170 million pieces of space junk are currently orbiting Earth. But what is that debris exactly, and how did it get there?

Because this space junk poses serious risk to astronauts and infrastructure in space — as well as presenting problems on the ground for people using GPS, cell phone data and weather monitoring ...

Now, though, a controversial new paper warns that falling space junk could actually weaken Earth’s magnetic field. It’s an intriguing proposition and one that has garnered some support as well ...

Space junk is a very real problem. It might sound silly to think that the space around Earth is actually getting too cluttered with junk, but it’s true.