Hundreds of satellites may soon be flying in orbital regions that are already too packed to allow safe and long-term ...

Hopefully, this new space age we're in will incentivize governments to preemptively work out some new treaties or agreements.

Theorised by NASA scientists Donald Kessler and Burton Cour-Palais back in 1978, Kessler syndrome warns that objects orbiting ...

The Kessler syndrome could be closer to becoming a reality as a growing number of Elon Musk's Starlink satellites fall from the sky ...

An astronomer noticed the alarming trend. Elon Musk's SpaceX faces backlash over fiery satellites plummeting to Earth: 'We ...

An astrophysicist interview underlines the growing risk of satellites, from the increasingly crowded skies, falling to Earth.

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- Space junk orbiting Earth, which has disabled satellites and nearly hit the International Space Station, represents a growing threat that NASA needs to deal with better, the National ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." Earth may no longer be ...

Experts say a spent SpaceX booster rocket that has been orbiting the Earth for several years will crash into the moon in the weeks ahead. According to Ars Technica, the booster lifted off with a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Space may be the final frontier, but the modern race to launch rockets and satellites at an unsurpassed rate has generated a large and rapidly ...