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

In 2023, Odin Space successfully validated its junk-tracking technology in orbit after launching as a rideshare payload on ...

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

One aim of the research is to help monitor the onset of Kessler syndrome — a chain reaction of collisions in space that, in turn, generates more space debris, making it far harder for satellite ...

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 ...

The incident, described by observers as "likely caused by an internal energetic source" rather than a collision, resulted in ...

One of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites suffered an anomaly in orbit on Wednesday (Dec. 17) that led to its partial ...

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

(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, ...

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 ...