A Starlink satellite unexpectedly broke apart on March 29, 2026, sparking concerns about the impact on future space missions, including NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission to the moon. The incident, ...

AI is spurring ever more data satellites in space. How humanity plans to deal with the clutter is still an open question.

One person's trash is another person's treasure, unless, of course, you're talking about space debris, since it's too tough to acquire without a shuttle or a spaceship. That's a shame because space ...

The space race is accelerating, but its environmental footprint is growing. Discover how space activity is affecting Earth’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Left unchecked, the space around our planet could get so cluttered with debris that we might not be able to use some orbits ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space, according to ...

The Artemis II astronauts have completed their historic lunar flyby and taken the pictures to prove it. But as skygazers ...

India’s space programme has built a reputation for precision, efficiency, and steady progress over the decades. From ...

The sky is becoming increasingly crowded with manmade objects -- and what goes up eventually comes down. VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Talk about a potentially explosive issue. The ...

A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist is participating in a U.S. government effort to design a satellite and instruments capable of detecting space debris as small as 1 centimeter, less than ...