A space physics expert has warned that debris falling from the sky could cause major damage and even kill people.
Any time you see something falling through the sky, like leaving that trail of light, whether it’s space junk or a meteor ...
The skies in Southern Wisconsin were lit up last night as people reached out to us about the fiery streaks in the sky.
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, ...
An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.
Just as we are reckoning with how to conserve ecosystems on Earth for future living creatures, we must think of space as an ...
Major astronomy body the Minor Planet Centre (MPC) was forced to list the discovery - made by a citizen scientist - as ...
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The American Astronomical Society is calling on all nations to ban advertising in space that can be seen from the ground. Their concern is that "obtrusive ...
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.
A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...
As satellites reach the ends of their missions, they turn into dangerous debris that could collide with other orbiting ... for space would be a transformative step in safeguarding one of Earth's ...