Since the dawn of the space age in the 1950s, we have launched thousands of rockets and sent even more satellites into orbit. Many are still there, and we face an ever-increasing risk of collision as ...

Mysterious streaks in the sky have baffled Californians, who have speculated whether they were caused by meteors or space debris. The light rays were seen across the skies in the early hours of April ...

Humans’ exploration of outer space has created thousands of fragments of rubbish, known as space debris. Around two thirds of catalogued objects originate from orbital break-ups; more than 240 ...

Editor’s Note: Moriba Jah, an astrodynamicist and space environmentalist, is a winner of the MacArthur Fellowship and serves as faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. He is co-founder and chief ...

As commercial space activity ramps up, detritus from launches poses a risk to those of us down on Earth, says Patrick Schröder of Chatham House ...

During the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Cornwall, delegates from the member countries collectively committed to the “safe and sustainable use of space” by going to greater lengths to tackle the problem of ...

Aerospace companies and experts are calling on governments around the world to adopt a ‘highway code’ to help tackle the increasing problem of space junk. It is estimated there are more than 36,000 ...

Us humans have a bad habit of leaving a trail of junk in our wake and with human activity in space at an all-time high, this problem has extended to outer space. With every satellite launched into ...

Humans have been sending probes, people and satellites into space since the 1950s, but a lot of junk has been left behind. Orbiting around our planet are bits of rockets, dead satellites, even tools ...