A decommissioned Russian satellite broke apart in low Earth orbit Wednesday, creating more than 100 pieces of debris and ...

That pace shows no sign of slowing down. 2025 is expected to see a record-breaking number of launches, as a new international ...

A Russian military satellite, Cosmos 2553, believed by US officials to be linked to Moscow's nuclear anti-satellite weapons ...

There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA. NASA states that debris can reach speeds of 18,000 ...

Despite this incessant rain of junk battering the atmosphere, the amount of space debris increased over the course of 2024, ...

Vanguard-1 is the second U.S. satellite launched to space. Conceived by the Naval Research Laboratory in 1955, it was ...

We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The ...

These measurements are necessary for improving our ability to accurately predict satellite locations so that we can perform ...

In the intense early days of the space race, a small, unusual satellite was launched into space sixty-seven years ago.

China’s megaconstellation launches spark debris concerns; commercial space expands; Lightyear Explorer raises funds; key ...

04/03/2025 April 3, 2025 Satellites play a crucial role in modern life. Since the beginning of the space age, more than 20,000 have been put into orbit. But the remains of dead satellites are ...

Water-rich meteorites contain key ingredients for life, yet they barely appear in meteorite collections. Recent research ...