Increasingly crowded orbits full of satellites and debris pose potential hazards for services on Earth, and need regulation.

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, according to new research.

Mining ocean resources needed for electric cars and other devices is currently a hot issue of dispute. Final resolution of ...

Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected ...

Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's ...

The call today is for binding rules to protect the orbits of Earth, Moon, and Mars from space debris contamination. Initiatives need to be formulated for effective, sustainable, and equitable ...

As rockets soar into the cosmos, a hidden danger lurks above us. Space debris, remnants of our celestial ambitions, threatens ...

As more space junk is falling to Earth uncontrolled, scientists are using seismometers to track the debris.

The new study found there's a 26% chance the threat of space junk could shut down a crowded airspace in Europe, Asia or North ...

A new study by Canadian researchers published in Scientific Reports notes the risk of such an incident occurring is rising ...

The space debris problem won't solve itself. We've been kicking the can down the road for years as we continue launching more rockets and payloads into space. In the last couple of years, ...

Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of debris are also colliding, adding to the millions of smaller fragments which ...