Specifically flagged by the UNEP are air pollution from launch emissions, spacecraft emissions in the stratosphere, as well ...

Space environment health score shows how healthy - or stressed - Earth’s orbit is expected to become over the next 200 years.

Space junk poses a growing threat to vital satellite services. Scientists at CU Boulder are developing an electrostatic ...

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

Low Earth orbit has quietly become one of the most crowded and hazardous environments humanity has ever created, with an ...

At least three old satellites or rocket bodies fall back to Earth every day, a new report reveals. And experts warn that the number of objects returning from space is set to increase, a possible ...

Earth's orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse. At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour.

Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit ...

BEIJING -- The large Chinese rocket that is out of control and set to reenter Earth's atmosphere this weekend has brought about an alarming but not unprecedented situation. Space debris has crashed ...

Three Chinese astronauts have been temporarily stranded in space after the vehicle they were meant to travel aboard back to Earth was hit by space debris. Just how much damage the vehicle sustained ...

(SPACE.COM ) The space around Earth is becoming more cluttered by the day with orbital junk that, if left unchecked, will pose an ever-increasing threat to current and future spacecraft, a panel of ...