Learn why space junk is so dangerous, and what's being done to detect the nearly-undetectable. ... and you can look up just at the reflection of sunlight to detect 10-centimeter-sized debris. ...

Newly-released photos capture the sun in highest resolution ever, space agency says The Solar Orbiter, which launched in February 2020, imaged the sun's surface from less than 46 million miles ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

After seeing Elon Musk send thousands upon thousands of satellites into low-Earth orbit, it’s only natural to wonder, why can’t we launch all our junk into space, too?

Rocky debris caused by a NASA mission could create the first human-made meteor shower. In Sept. 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroids Redirect Test (DART) intentionally collided with a tiny moonlet ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Marlon Sorge of The Aerospace Corporation, which researches space debris issues including who is responsible when man-made objects fall from space.

In mid-December 2022, Snopes readers inquired about a peculiar and alleged piece of space junk — a manhole cover. One of those circular objects you probably barely noticed on the sidewalk is in ...

When the reflective surface of the alien space junk lines up with the Sun from ... In order to separate between possible false point-like sources on photographic plates from real reflections, ...

The solar cells would need to be resilient to space radiation and debris. They would also need to be efficient and lightweight, with a power-to-weight ratio 50 times more than the typical silicon ...

Learn why space junk is so dangerous, and what's being done to detect the nearly-undetectable. 🛰️💥 By Dan Smith Published : Nov. 26, 2024 at 11:27 AM EST ...