That’s a pretty significant shortcoming, especially since most of the space junk collection systems that have been tested so far are designed to take down the junk that is already causing a problem.

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

While life on Earth has been dramatic enough lately, there’s also been an unusual amount of news from space in the early ...

The Tokyo-based startup developing space debris removal technologies added that it plans to start removing "space junk" from orbit by the end of March 2028. "We want to realize a service to refuel ...

The problem posed by human-made junk in space worsened significantly in 2024, according to a new report by the European Space ...

Floridians across the coast witnessed flaming space debris falling from the sky. So, what would happen if a piece of a rocket, or a satellite, or even an asteroid hit your home or car? It is rare ...

As global warming continues, the upper atmosphere will cool and become less dense, reducing the force which usually pulls space debris back to Earth and cluttering the orbit. MIT researchers ...

Space Junk turned us back into kids with our first ... and instrumental understanding of one another to create a 20-track collection that combines the best of their skills. The set was inspired ...