Space junk is raising safety concerns for aircraft, with a 2025 study warning of a 26% chance debris could pass through busy ...

Given the mounting number of objects in orbit, this is likely to be a more regular occurrence. It's costly in terms of damage ...

An orbital emergency in 2025 linked to space debris highlights gaps in tracking, rising launch activity, and growing risks to human spaceflight and Earth’s orbital environment ...

Specifically flagged by the UNEP are air pollution from launch emissions, spacecraft emissions in the stratosphere, as well ...

Even in space, what goes up sometimes comes back down: spent rocket stages, defunct satellites and other bits of space debris ...

Low Earth orbit has quietly become one of the most crowded and hazardous environments humanity has ever created, with an ...

Microscopic space debris cracked the window of China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft in November 2025, delaying the crew’s return ...

Space environment health score shows how healthy - or stressed - Earth’s orbit is expected to become over the next 200 years.

Cutting space-tracking efforts risks collisions — and U.S. leadership in commercializing outer space. September 1, 2025 at 7:00 a.m. EDTToday at 7:00 a.m. EDT ...

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 ...

Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations, speaks Sept. 17 at the 2025 Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference. Credit: AMOS livestream WASHINGTON — The top ...