The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe in its infancy—the earliest cosmic time accessible to humans—have ...

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Operators follow a 25-year rule: at this point, a satellite’s mission is deemed to have ended and it is lowered into the atmosphere where gravity and friction kicks in. While this helps clear space, ...

A spacecraft has successfully closed in on a massive chunk of metal zipping around Earth, capturing images of it—a big leap ...

Astronomers are racing to protect the dark skies as private companies seek to place large advertisements in Earth orbit ...

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pile up—causing ripple effects across everything from ...

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...

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Additionally, interference can entail direct ascent or "co-orbit" antisatellite tests (ASAT), and intentional or unintentional collisions that create a long-term problem of orbital space debris.

All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the ...

That’s because space will become more littered with debris as climate change lessens nature’s way of cleaning it up. Part of the greenhouse effect that warms the air near Earth’s surface also cools ...