Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, with millions of pieces orbiting the Earth, and humans need to figure out a way to deal with it.

High up in Earth's orbit, millions of human-made objects large and small are flying at speeds of over 15,000 miles per hour.

The problem of space debris isn't just a science fiction scenario anymore. It's a real threat that gets worse every year, and ...

Dan Falk: Space junk broadly refers to stuff that’s in space that was put there by humans, and that is no longer doing what ...

More than 45,000 pieces of debris larger than 10 cm are orbiting Earth. From 2035, it’s thought the space jukn could cause a ...

Millions of pieces of debris now circle Earth in space. Scientists are exploring new ways to remove them and protect future ...

Earth’s orbit is getting crowded with broken satellites and leftover rocket parts. Researchers say the solution is to build ...

One aim of the research is to help monitor the onset of Kessler syndrome — a chain reaction of collisions in space that, in ...

Google’s Project Suncatcher would need sophisticated collision avoidance capabilities to navigate a junk-filled landscape.

Orbita, co-founded by Minh Nguyen and John Avera, developed an AI-powered CubeSat constellation to detect sub-centimeter ...

The escalating threat of space debris is becoming a significant issue as more objects clutter Earth's orbit. The Shenzhou-20 ...