This is how debris finds itself languishing in space—and what some organizations are doing to mitigate the problem.

Christophe Bonnal, a French specialist in space debris, said the debris might have come from a military launcher. “They are ...

A 1,100-pound metal ring from a rocket smashed in to a Kenyan village, where it startled residents and flattened trees ...

No one was hurt by the object, believed to be part of a launch rocket. Experts say the frequency of such incidents is ...

The United Nations has 17 sustainable development goals that all member states have signed up to in an effort to balance ...

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 ...

It was an ordinary day for the residents of Mukuku village in Kenya's Makueni County – until an unexpected delivery from ...

All of this adds up to the likelihood, the ESA warns, that a theoretical scenario known as the Kessler Syndrome could become ...

Officials said they were investigating fragments of metal, believed to be from a rocket, that crashed into a village in the ...

An early review from the Aerospace Corporation's Reentry Database indicated a potential association with an Atlas Centaur rocket stage launched in 2004. This object, designated 28385, had been ...

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 ...