A large communications satellite has broken up in orbit, affecting users in Europe, Central Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia,…
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In late April, farmers in Saskatchewan stumbled upon spacecraft fragments while preparing their fields for seeding. It sounds like the beginning of…
Communications companies such as Starlink plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites into orbit around Earth over the next…
Reports this week suggest a near-collision between an Australian satellite and a suspected Chinese military satellite. Meanwhile, earlier this month, the US…
There’s a lot of trash on the Moon right now – including nearly 100 bags of human waste – and with countries…
Since time immemorial, humans around the world have gazed up in wonder at the night sky. The starry night sky…
Scientists and government agencies have been worried about the space junk surrounding Earth for decades. But humanity’s starry ambitions are farther reaching…
The chance of someone being killed by space junk falling from the sky may seem ridiculously tiny. After all, nobody…
On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth.…
Earlier this week, the International Space Station (ISS) was forced to maneouvre out of the way of a potential collision…