Artist's depiction of what a concentrated cloud of space debris might look like. Credit: NASA According to the European Space ...

The increasing number of satellites and space debris poses a significant threat to Earth's ecosystems. Governments and private companies are exploring innovative solutions such as reusable ...

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 ...

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 ...

Christopher Fluke works for Swinburne University of Technology. He has previously received funding from the SmartSat CRC, including funding to support a research collaboration with CGI Australia ...

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 ...

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 ...

The problems caused by the loss of Intelsat’s i33e craft on October 19th, which has now been declared a total loss, has highlighted the problems with other dangerous space junk. A report from Quartz ...