Japan has a remarkable idea for disposing of space junk and debris without the need to ever come into contact with it, which ...

Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves ...

Astroscale is a 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair winner for developing a satellite designed to rendezvous with space junk, with the ...

Space debris is cluttering low Earth orbit, posing a growing threat to satellites, space stations, and future missions. Experts warn that collisions with abandoned rockets and dead satellites could ...

A fiery streak was reported by hundreds of Californians on Thursday as a former Starlink satellite reentered Earth's ...

The two telescopes operate synchronously: Izaña-2 fires laser pulses at a piece of space debris high overhead, and Izaña-1 ...

A Russian cargo ship docked at the space station fired its thrusters for five minutes Tuesday to move the ISS out of the way of an inbound object.

People in Saskatoon caught a glimpse of something strange in the sky on early Tuesday morning. An astronomy expert says it was a SpaceX Starlink satellite coming back down to Earth.

For removal of debris orbiting the Earth and endangering flights to and from the ISS, the Capture Bag can remove space waste ...

Space has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting Earth at high speeds. The amount of space junk is only increasing, raising the risk of collision with ...

WA researchers have teamed up with Polish experts to track space junk orbiting above Australia. The project involves ...

A coalition of scientists and historians are floating a long-shot plan to retrieve orbiting relics—raising questions about ...