Even the International Space Station often has to adjust its orbit to dodge debris. Currently there are more than 25,000 pieces of trackable human-made junk larger than 10 centimeters orbiting Earth.

Mission commander Cai and Song completed multiple tasks before returning to the Wentian module airlock, according to China's human spaceflight agency, including the installation of space debris ...

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Mission commander Cai and Song completed multiple tasks before returning to the Wentian module airlock, according to China's human spaceflight agency, including the installation of space debris ...

Space is considered one of the last untouched environments on Earth, but it is becoming increasingly littered. The UN should prevent this, says a research group. A group of researchers has called ...

thus creating masses of debris fragments. "Adding a Sustainable Development Goal [SDG] specifically for space would be a transformative step in safeguarding one of Earth's most vital environments," ...

The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with more than 200 million individually resolved stars. When you purchase ...

Space may be the final frontier, but immediate space around the Earth is full of space debris. This problem became far worse after Russia conducted an anti-satellite weapon test that left a cloud ...

Debris from a Starship rocket over Turks & Caicos. The Independent/YouTube Nearly a week after SpaceX’s megarocket broke apart into tiny pieces of fiery debris, the rocket company is having to ...

Many wonder why the station shouldn't simply be left to burn up on its own in space. The answer lies in the dangers of uncontrolled debris. As the ISS naturally loses altitude over time ...

By Kenneth Chang The agency launched an investigation into the “space vehicle mishap” on Thursday night that forced commercial flights to divert and caused debris to rain toward Caribbean islands.