Low-orbit Earth could become inoperable for spacecraft and satellites if this complacency persists, with dire consequences.

A large communications satellite has broken up in orbit, affecting users in Europe, Central Africa, the Middle East, Asia and ...

The accumulation of space debris in low Earth orbit (LEO) has reached a dangerous tipping point, according to leading ...

Space junk is a problem that just won’t go away ... The International Space Station, which is the only permanent place in space that humans have maintained a presence for years on end, has ...

The European Space Agency is discussing with SpaceX to address space junk through the Zero Debris initiative, targeting 2030.

NASA According to the European Space Agency (ESA), more than 170 million pieces of space junk are currently orbiting Earth. But what is that debris exactly, and how did it get there? Is the ...

The European Space Agency is in talks with SpaceX about the possibility of Elon Musk's space venture joining an international ...

Large communications satellite breaks up in orbit, affecting multiple regions and adding to growing space junk problem.

ESA is promoting the Zero Debris Charter, which aims to increase international efforts and cooperation to solve Earth's growing space junk problem. And the agency now has attracted well over 100 ...

A company developing "cosmic petrol stations" to extend the lives of satellites and enable missions to travel further said it ...

Space junk, or any other other artificial space object ... from the first manned SpaceX mission to the International Space Station. Alice Gorman, space archaeologist at Flinders University ...

Exclusive-Europe Agency Says It Is in Talks With SpaceX on Tackling Space Junk By Tim Hepher and Joey Roulette PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Space Agency is in talks with SpaceX about ...