Tiny pieces of space junk only 2 inches (5 centimeters) in size are cluttering a valuable orbital region where some of the ...

Australian Space Agency working to confirm origin of objects as space archaeologist says they may be connected to a rocket launch ...

The satellites that run your weather forecasts, your television, and a significant portion of global communications all occupy a narrow band of space 36,000 kilometers above the equator. They share ...

Sadly, we don't think aliens were involved in this particular space balls incident.

The space race is filled with glamorous rockets, astronauts and sparkling new space stations, but people rarely think about ...

Several metallic objects washed up on a beach in Australia after possibly falling from the skies. But don’t worry, we’re ...

When it comes to space debris, what goes up is coming down more often—and not safely. When spacecraft launch, some components, including nonreusable rocket boosters, are jettisoned to decrease weight, ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

An artist’s conception shows Portal Space Systems’ Starburst spacecraft at left and its larger Supernova platform in the distance at right, both outfitted with Paladin Space’s Triton payload for ...

Sometimes, what goes up doesn’t come back down — instead, it becomes a problem. Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, millions of pieces orbit the Earth, from broken satellites to lost ...

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments already listening to the Earth itself. By tapping into networks of ...