A proposed mission seeks to retrieve Vanguard-1 and display it as an ancient relic of the space age.

Where does all that space junk go? And what does climate change have to do with it? The answers are on this episode of The ...

Space debris grows rapidly, threatening satellites and future missions if cleanup efforts don't intensify now.

Despite its reputation, outer space is far from empty, and the region around our planet is particularly riddled with space ...

a unique feature of our technology that ensures that the satellite does not leave space debris, even if it ceases to be operational," explains Manuel Muñoz Tejeda. The system is based on ...

A failed launch left a batch of Starlink satellites in the wrong orbit last year, and it appears that a fragment of one fell ...

From satellite TV broadcast hijacking to jamming and spoofing of satellite navigation systems, attacks on space-based ...

A decade ago, the Copernicus Sentinel-1A climate satellite suffered a 5cm-wide (1.9-inch) dent from a 2 millimeter space-junk projectile. It didn't affect the satellite's operations, but it did ...

A new space environment report from the ESA shows that Earth's space junk problem got significantly worse throughout 2024.

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 ...