Artist's depiction of what a concentrated cloud of space debris might look like. (Credit: NASA) According to the European Space Agency (ESA), more than 170 million pieces of space junk are ...

A massive piece of space junk crashed down into a small village in Kenya which local officials say came from a rocket ...

NASA According to the European Space Agency (ESA), more than 170 million pieces of space junk are currently orbiting Earth. But what is that debris exactly, and how did it get there? Is the ...

A laser beam in outer space that sends orbiting debris to a fiery end in the Earth's atmosphere may soon be a reality. SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. said it is developing a satellite that can shoot ...

Space debris suspected in Kenya village crash Experts investigate if it's a rocket leftover KSA secures space debris for further study ...

littering an already crowded space with large chunks of space debris. The cause remains unknown, but the event has reignited serious concerns about the increasing accumulation of space junk in Low ...

shattering into 50 pieces and joining the estimated 130 million bits of "space junk" in the Earth's orbit. The increasing amount of debris has heightened fears about the "Kessler syndrome".

Japan's wooden satellite, LignoSat, has been deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS).

Nairobi: A massive piece of space debris, weighing around 500 kg, reportedly plummeted into a rural Kenyan village, sending shockwaves among the locals. According to the reports, no injuries were ...

As companies accelerate satellite launches and other orbital operations, the issue of excessive space debris is becoming an inevitable consequence. After all, what goes up must eventually come down.