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 ...

India's destruction of a satellite with a missile created hundreds of pieces of "space junk," a potentially dangerous situation that established space powers have tried to avoid for years. India has ...

The problem of space debris isn't just a science fiction scenario anymore. It's a real threat that gets worse every year, and ...

"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 ...

The next time your Wi-Fi goes down, your internet provider might try to blame it on tiny flecks of paint, experts have told Metro. A big worry among scientists right now is ‘space junk’, a rather ...

What is more concerning is that there are tens of thousands of pieces of debris larger than 10 centimeters, each capable of crippling satellites or endangering crews, and there is currently no ...

China's Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took a hit from a piece of space debris floating through orbit, causing Chinese officials to delay the spacecraft's return from its Tiangong space station in early ...