A new study links the sun's 11-year cycle to accelerated orbital loss, with debris falling faster once sunspot numbers near their cycle peak.

Space debris might sound like something from science fiction, but it's becoming a daily reality for our planet. Every hour of every day, chunks of old satellites and rocket parts plummet through our ...

Seismometers - equipment designed to pinpoint earthquakes - are now being used to track the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit. Some of those items pose a risk to ...

A low Earth orbit (LEO) between 400 and 2,000 km altitude is ideal for imaging and surveillance satellites and internet ‘mega-constellations’ such as Starlink. Unfortunately, these days it’s also ...

Space debris can be caused by malfunctioning satellites, meteorite impacts and even just tools dropped by astronauts on spacewalks. GETTY IMAGES C. A. Bridges USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA Agency ...

Space junk falling out of orbit and crashing toward Earth is a growing threat. Indeed, old satellites and spacecraft parts reenter our planet’s atmosphere more than three times a day. When these ...

A defunct NASA satellite that launched 14 years ago to study Earth’s radiation belts is expected to crash back to the planet on Tuesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad ...

SpaceX seems to have mistaken shooting for the moon with shooting at the moon. Forecast to occur on Aug. 5, a five-story-long piece of a rocket from one of the private space exploration company's ...

Debris falls from the SpaceX Starship's failed flight. YouTube SpaceX's failed Starship mission Thursday caused the Federal Aviation Administration to temporarily shut down some commercial flights due ...