In June 2024, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore became temporarily stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) ...
Space debris might sound like something from science fiction, but it's becoming a daily reality for our planet. Every hour of every day, chunks of old satellites and rocket parts plummet through our ...
The Orbits Act, a promising piece of U.S. legislation aimed at addressing space debris, has stalled in Congress. Zanalda ...
We successfully plugged the hole in the ozone layer that was discovered in the 1980s by banning ozone-depleting substances ...
A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and anti-satellite missile testing. These fragments—some as small as grains of ...
Thousands of dead satellites and rocket fragments now orbit Earth at high speeds threatening the very technology we rely on ...
Elon Musk now controls two thirds of all satellites after launching his 10,000th Starlink this week, Anthony Cuthbertson writes. As rivals race to catch up, the number of satellites in low-Earth orbit ...