Space is a contested area. World powers and private corporations alike are launching more and more rockets and satellites ...

"Our behavior with greenhouse gases here on Earth over the past 100 years is having an effect on how we operate satellites ...

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

As global warming continues, researchers are warning that there will be problems for satellites in low Earth orbit.

The Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft was detached from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module by the Canadarm2 robotic ...

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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 ...

The quest to conquer Earth’s space junk problem These events are not isolated. Across the world, from Texas to Saudi Arabia, from Cape Town to the Amazon rainforest, objects launched into low ...

As things stand, most satellites are single-use products with a lifetime of 15 years or less. Moreover, space debris is a ...

Astroscale Japan Inc. has announced that it has successfully approached a piece of orbital debris traveling at a high speed ...