It has been advised that the debris may be either a fragment of a meteor or potentially space debris, commonly referred to as ‘space junk.'” ...

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

As space junk increases, more operators are choosing to launch without any insurance at all. To compensate, companies are ...

In 2020, the European Space Agency signed a contract with Swiss start-up ClearSpace SA to "purchase a unique service: the first-ever removal of an item of space debris from orbit," according to ESA. C ...

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People from North Florida to North Carolina reported a bright streak and fireball across the sky Thursday. Here's what to ...

More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern states have reported witnessing a mysterious object streak across the sky. The sighting Thursday prompted wonder and amazement from many viewers.

One of New Zealand’s most ambitious startups, Zenno Astronautics, is undertaking pioneering work with superconducting magnets to address one of the most ...

Hundreds of U.S. companies on Tuesday urged Congress to back off a plan to kill a small federal office tasked with managing ...

Faint booms from space help track incoming debris. But the path matters more than you think. Earth gains a little mass each year as space dust rains down from above, adding thousands of metric tons to ...

Astronomers detected a powerful radio signal from near Earth, initially believed to be from a new space object. Check what they found next.