Given the mounting number of objects in orbit, this is likely to be a more regular occurrence. It's costly in terms of damage to equipment, and increasingly a threat to life. When a piece of debris ...

"Do we react for everything which has a chance to reach the ground? Or do we react only for the very large objects, as we did ...

Space junk is raising safety concerns for aircraft, with a 2025 study warning of a 26% chance debris could pass through busy ...

Airlines have long treated thunderstorms, snow and volcanic ash as the main reasons to slow or stop flights. Now a new hazard ...

Cutting space-tracking efforts risks collisions — and U.S. leadership in commercializing outer space. September 1, 2025 at 7:00 a.m. EDTToday at 7:00 a.m. EDT ...

An orbital emergency in 2025 linked to space debris highlights gaps in tracking, rising launch activity, and growing risks to human spaceflight and Earth’s orbital environment ...

Low Earth orbit has quietly become one of the most crowded and hazardous environments humanity has ever created, with an ...

Just weeks ago, scientists warned that a "city killer" asteroid had a small chance of hitting Earth. While that prediction was thankfully revised, the planet may have to worry about another object ...

The twin Orpheus satellites would study the ionosphere to help forecast space weather disruptions that, according to a recent Lloyd’s of London report, could cost the global economy up to $2.4 ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere in the next few days after misfiring on a journey to Venus more than 50 years ago. On average, a ...

Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations, speaks Sept. 17 at the 2025 Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference. Credit: AMOS livestream WASHINGTON — The top ...

Establishing a National Space Environmental Agency Look, space is getting pretty crowded. We’ve got satellites zipping around ...