Space environment health score shows how healthy - or stressed - Earth’s orbit is expected to become over the next 200 years.

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"Equipping Arkisys spacecraft with Odin's Nano Sensors is the first move in a new era of safer, smarter, more sustainable ...

Earth’s most valuable real estate is no longer on the ground but in orbit, and that neighborhood is getting dangerously ...

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

Learn how astronauts are safeguarded from hazardous space debris through innovative engineering and international ...

Space debris – the collection of defunct human-made objects in Earth's orbit – is already affecting space agencies, companies and astronauts. This debris includes large pieces, such as spent rocket ...

Researchers attempted to quantify the risk of a catastrophic collision in orbit by coming up with an alarming new metric.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) R. Lincoln Hines, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) China’s ...

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the fifth in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...

A Starlink satellite faced a serious issue in orbit. Its propulsion tank failed, causing it to spin uncontrollably and break ...

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti receives funding from NASA and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He teaches space systems engineering and mission design and management at the University ...