The two telescopes operate synchronously: Izaña-2 fires laser pulses at a piece of space debris high overhead, and Izaña-1 ...

Space has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting Earth at high speeds. The ...

Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves ...

Privateer Space, the data and intelligence platform empowering the future of space, today announced the launch of Crow’s Nest as part of an updated Wayfinder platform. Crow’s Nest is a free and open ...

Defunct satellites, old rocket parts, and thousands of fragments from past missions are rapidly filling Earth's orbit ...

A Russian cargo ship docked at the space station fired its thrusters for five minutes Tuesday to move the ISS out of the way ...

Space is getting increasingly crowded and experts are sounding the alarm. In a report, the European Space Agency said around 1,200 pieces of rocket and satellite debris fell back to Earth last year.

The concept of the Kessler syndrome is that the area around Earth gets too crowded to a point where we reach a saturation point where collisions begin and cannot be stopped. "Spent rockets, satellites ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working ...

For the first time, two speeding satellites collide in orbit. Feb. 12, 2009— -- When two satellites crashed in space Wednesday, it was unprecedented -- the largest orbital collision yet -- but it ...