Some problems grow quietly, almost politely, until they stop being ignorable. Space junk is one of those. It does not ...

Hoboken, N.J., December 4, 2025 — High up in the earth’s orbit, millions of human-made objects large and small are flying at speeds of over 15,000 miles per hour. The objects, which range from ...

Given the mounting number of objects in orbit, this is likely to be a more regular occurrence. It's costly in terms of damage ...

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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The University of Colorado Boulder is testing an electrostatic tractor beam that could revolutionize how we manage space debris, potentially reducing risks in Earth's orbit.

Establishing a National Space Environmental Agency Look, space is getting pretty crowded. We’ve got satellites zipping around ...

A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pile up—causing ripple effects across everything from weather tracking to broadband internet to national defense. A photo composite ...

As space becomes increasingly crowded, the invisible threat of orbital debris is turning into one of the biggest challenges ...

Low Earth orbit has quietly become one of the most crowded and hazardous environments humanity has ever created, with an ...

A new listing of the 50 most concerning pieces of space debris in low-Earth orbit is dominated by relics more than a quarter-century old, primarily dead rockets left to hurtle through space at the end ...

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, ...