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 ...

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

Now, according to the Associated Press, intelligence services from two NATO countries are sounding an alarm about the ...

Spacecraft set to burn up in a few weeks, but it could have been worse As if to underscore the need to avoid the Kessler Syndrome, a scenario in which cascading debris can make some orbits difficult ...

The concept would not rely on traditional single-target interceptors but instead would attempt to flood Starlink's operating altitudes with hundreds of thousands of high-density pellets. By ...

SpaceX reportedly informed the FAA about the mishap after the agency had already activated debris response areas.

On Wednesday (Dec. 17), this particular Starlink suffered an anomaly that caused a loss of communication with the ground and an unscheduled venting of its propulsion tank. The satellite is now ...

From orchestrating a groundbreaking in-orbit emergency rescue to launching its first asteroid mission and making a wealth of ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hailed the company's satellite internet service provider, Starlink, which recently announced it had ...

The intelligence findings are alarming, but some space security experts aren’t convinced Russia would take such a misguided risk.

NATO-allied intelligence agencies are assessing reports that Russia may be developing an experimental space weapon designed ...

Two cosmic collisions near the star Fomalhaut solve the mystery of a disappearing "planet" and show rare planetesimal crashes ...