China has a launch date for an uncrewed spacecraft that will replace one damaged by space debris while docked at the Tiangong ...

A Munich student has taken on one of spaceflight's most urgent challenges: clearing Earth's orbit of debris. With his startup ...

California-based TransAstra is testing an inflatable “Capture Bag” that comes in different sizes and is intended to catch ...

Space is no longer the final frontier it once seemed. Today, our planet's orbit resembles a cosmic junkyard where millions of ...

The Shenzhou 20 spacecraft was too damaged to bring its crew home from China’s Tiangong space station. Those astronauts have ...

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 ...

What appears to be space debris was found in rural Australia, but don't fret, this is not the beginning of an alien invasion or something out of a sci-fi movie. On Saturday, Oct. 18, at around 2 p.m.

The United States has been leading the world in space exploration and technology for more than 30 years, but that activity has left about 10,000 objects — including operating and defunct spacecraft — ...