Millions of pieces of debris now circle Earth in space. Scientists are exploring new ways to remove them and protect future ...

Last month, a tiny piece of debris travelling at high speed cracked the window of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft's return capsule ...

As more and more satellites go into orbit, concerns are growing about the odds of aircraft colliding with space debris ...

China routinely sends astronauts to and from its space station Tiangong. A crew capsule is about to undock from the station ...

(SPACE.COM ) The space around Earth is becoming more cluttered by the day with orbital junk that, if left unchecked, will pose an ever-increasing threat to current and future spacecraft, a panel of ...

Dan Falk: Space junk broadly refers to stuff that’s in space that was put there by humans, and that is no longer doing what ...

High up in Earth's orbit, millions of human-made objects large and small are flying at speeds of over 15,000 miles per hour.

A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and anti-satellite missile testing. These fragments—some as small as grains of ...

China has begun hardening its Tiangong space station against the growing threat of orbital debris, installing new layers of ...

BEIJING -- The large Chinese rocket that is out of control and set to reenter Earth's atmosphere this weekend has brought about an alarming but not unprecedented situation. Space debris has crashed ...