Angus Stewart, joint head of the National Space Operations Centre at the UK Space Agency, said: “Over the past 12 months or ...

How much space junk is currently orbiting the earth? Credit: Space.com | animation: ESA | produced & edited by Steve Spaleta ...

Space junk is perhaps a silly-sounding name, and while it's not new, the rise of private aerospace firms has exacerbated this very real and serious problem. Also called "space debris," human-made ...

Elon Musk wants to launch a million satellites, but researchers say global warming is changing the upper atmosphere in ways that makes space junk linger.

Digging the atmosphere's grave. The post Constant Space Launches Turning Earth’s Atmosphere Into a “Crematorium,” Scientists Say appeared first on Futurism.

Direct detection of lithium from a SpaceX rocket reentry offers new evidence that metal pollution from space debris could ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. China routinely sends astronauts to and from its ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A massive, 23-ton hunk ...

Objects in orbit that fall to Earth can pose a risk to life and infrastructure. Research outlines a new method to follow their paths.

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There’s a thin layer of human-made stuff enrobing the planet. A data dive into the anthroposphere. Earth’s a medium-size rock ...