Fresh off demonstrating its mechanical tentacle system capturing an uncontrolled object inside the International Space ...

Researchers from the orbital mapping firm LeoLabs are raising alarm bells about the dangerous amount of space junk littering our planet's orbit that will inevitably create a catastrophe. In an ...

Space debris plummeting back to Earth could be a growing problem for aircraft, researchers warned in a new study. The study authors, all affiliated with Canada's University of British Columbia ...

Europe’s space agency will destroy a brand-new satellite in 2027 just to see what happens The DRACO mission is part of the ESA’s plan to stop creating more space debris.

On a special episode (first released on April 3, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: What happens when today’s treasure – satellites that give us access to broadband internet and accurate weather ...

The tech targeting space collisions Several startups have turned their attentions to space junk. Over 130 million lumps of trash are currently hurtling around Earth at speeds of up to 15km per second.

A quick check of my news feed proved me wrong. One of the top stories was about the space junk strike, and even included a photo of the farmer, Barry Sawchuk, standing next to what looked like the ...

What’s more, space weather can change orbital trajectories — so it’s difficult to predict exactly how and where debris is traveling, according to Dr. Thomas Berger, director of the ...

It’s essentially the atmosphere’s natural space junk cleaning protocol—but climate change might be slowing it down. Subscribe to the Daily newsletter.