What happens when a relic of the early Space Age unexpectedly outshines the cosmos, even for a fleeting instant? In June 2024 ...

Debris from capsules and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm ...

Space junk, also known as space debris, includes defunct satellites, rocket stages, and fragments from collisions or ...

A midday flash of light across the Southeast was likely a meteor, with debris potentially damaging a home in McDonough, ...

Multiple reports have come in from across the Carolinas about a possible meteor or fireball falling from the sky.

The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.

A NASA satellite that went silent nearly 60 years ago has shocked scientists by suddenly firing off one of the most powerful ...

Astronomers are puzzled by a strong burst of radio waves traced back to a NASA satellite that had been inactive since the ...

New observations of the “city killer” asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with the Earth indicate it will miss the planet but strike the Moon and pose “potential danger” to satellites.

June 3 (Reuters) - Satellite imagery of a Russian air base taken shortly after Ukraine carried out a drone attack deep inside ...

Scientists are designing a satellite and instruments capable of detecting space debris as small as 1 centimeter, less than one-half inch. Debris that small, which cannot currently be detected from ...

The International Space Station (ISS) successfully conducted a Pre-determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM) to raise its orbit and avoid getting hit by a chunk of orbital debris. This undated ...