This article explores the growing concerns about space debris and the need for sustainable practices in space exploration and ...

Here in South Florida, we are used to strange stories. One example from this year: a “Florida Man” made a claim against NASA ...

How can you tell if it's a meteoroid or space junk? It's not just bits of meteoroids that can end up lighting up our sky. Space junk, or any other other artificial space object, can burn up when ...

30 blue whales of space junk The amount of debris in orbit around Earth is increasing rapidly. The European Space Agency (ESA) estimates there are more than 40,000 pieces larger than 10cm in orbit ...

is making strides in its efforts to boost space safety and sustainability. ESA is promoting the Zero Debris Charter, which aims to increase international efforts and cooperation to solve Earth's ...

The amount of space debris (old satellites and spent rocket stages) falling back to Earth has doubled over the past 10 years. A few hundred tonnes of old space junk now vaporises in the atmosphere ...