When astronomer Samantha Lawler got an email from a journalist in May 2024 saying that space junk may have landed in a farmer ...

Space junk was found scattered across several fields in Australia last month. The debris likely came from a SpaceX Crew-1 flight, an astrophysicist who examined the junk said.

Now, the FCC has issued the first space debris fine of its kind. ... It was launched to geostationary orbit — a field of space that begins about 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) ...

Space junk is a serious problem and is getting worse. In this game, you’ll maneuver a spacecraft through an increasingly crowded debris field.

Now, though, a controversial new paper warns that falling space junk could actually weaken Earth’s magnetic field. It’s an intriguing proposition and one that has garnered some support as well ...

The accumulation of space debris in low Earth orbit (LEO) has reached a dangerous tipping point, according to leading scientists and space agencies. With thousands of objects—from defunct ...

Composite image from Slingshot’s LEO-focused Horus optical fences, showing debris from the Aug. 6 Long March 6A launch. Credit: Slingshot Aerospace HELSINKI — A Chinese launch to deploy a ...

The piece of space debris. Picture: Dr Brad Tucker When Mick Miners, a farmer in New South Wales, Australia, first saw a large black object sticking out of the ground in a remote part of his land ...

More accurate orbit predictions for satellites and space debris as well as a better understanding of the water masses present on Earth: Researchers at achieved both using satellite laser ranging.

Space Force Is Tracking New Debris Field After Communications Satellite Breaks Apart This follows the failure of another satellite from the same series that may have been due to a meteoroid impact.

What do the Earth’s gravitational field and the trajectories of satellites and space debris have in common? The Earth’s gravitational field influences the orbits of our companions in space ...