Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. Who’s to blame? And who pays for the damage?

An interactive map has recently highlighted the alarming increase in out-of-control rockets and spacecraft crashing back to Earth. This surge in uncontrolled reentries poses significant risks to ...

Seventy years ago, Earth had only one satellite: the Moon. Now it has more than 15,000 – about 10,000 of which are owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The world’s first trillionaire plans to launch one ...

Solar emissions exert 'drag' on space junk orbiting Earth. From historical measurements across a period of 36 years, researchers have now shown that space junk begins to fall down much faster once the ...

From recycling old satellites in space to turning rocket parts into fuel or beaming debris back to Earth, researchers are exploring new ways to tackle the growing problem of space junk. By Jonathan ...

GOLDEN, CO — A university team has found that small orbital debris could emit radio bursts as they collide or approach each other in space. The signal can be detected with large radio dishes on Earth, ...

Each blue dot represents one of 16,500 active satellites. GPS navigation, banking transactions, communications, weather forecasting, emergency response systems, agriculture, aviation and national ...

Seventy years ago, Earth had only one satellite: the moon. Now it has more than 15,000—about 10,000 of which are owned by Elon Musk's SpaceX. The world's first trillionaire plans to launch 1 million ...