The safety concern continues to increase into 2026 as researchers at the University of British Columbia predicted in a study ...

Given the mounting number of objects in orbit, this is likely to be a more regular occurrence. It's costly in terms of damage ...

"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 ...

China’s Shenzhou-20 mission faced an unexpected interruption after a crack was discovered in the return capsule window, ...

As the number of satellites in orbit continues to climb, so does the risk of their remnants falling back to Earth, and into ...

A dead satellite can become a high-speed hazard in an orbit that is already packed with working spacecraft. That risk is why ...

Some problems grow quietly, almost politely, until they stop being ignorable. Space junk is one of those. It does not ...

A Space.com report examines how a tiny piece of space debris cracked a Chinese crew capsule window, triggered an emergency mission, and highlights growing risks from debris, weak global rules, and lim ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

Microscopic space debris cracked the window of China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft in November 2025, delaying the crew’s return ...

The SpainSat NG-II military communications satellite suffered debris damage while transiting to its final orbital position, ...