Picture this. You're scrolling through your phone, checking the weather, ordering dinner, maybe catching up on a video call ...

High up in Earth's orbit, millions of human-made objects large and small are flying at speeds of over 15,000 miles per hour. The objects, which range from inactive satellites to fragments of equipment ...

The escalating threat of space debris is becoming a significant issue as more objects clutter Earth's orbit. The Shenzhou-20 capsule faced damage from debris, highlighting global concerns. Although ...

Earth’s most valuable real estate is no longer on the ground but in orbit, and that neighborhood is getting dangerously ...

Millions of pieces of debris now circle Earth in space. Scientists are exploring new ways to remove them and protect future ...

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after they were briefly stranded at the nation's space station when space ...

One aim of the research is to help monitor the onset of Kessler syndrome — a chain reaction of collisions in space that, in ...

A rare Starlink satellite failure created limited orbital debris and reignited space safety concerns as SpaceX, which now ...

On December 17, Starlink experienced an anomaly on satellite 35956, resulting in loss of communications with the vehicle at 418 km. The anomaly led to venting of the propulsion tank, a rapid decay in ...

The company revealed that a Starlink satellite experienced an anomaly on Wednesday that led to a complete loss of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) R. Lincoln Hines, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) China’s ...

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti receives funding from NASA and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He teaches space systems engineering and mission design and management at the University ...