In recent years, outer space has started to resemble a crowded highway during rush hour. According to the European Space ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

The satellite company NanoAvionics revealed that a chickpea-sized object hit its MP42 Satellite, and provided evidence. It's not clear if it was space debris or a micrometeoroid impact.