When it comes to space debris, what goes up is coming down more often – and not safely. When spacecraft launch, some components, including nonreusable rocket boosters, are jettisoned to decrease ...

Solar emissions exert 'drag' on space junk orbiting Earth. From historical measurements across a period of 36 years, ...

The Narwhal reports thousands of SpaceX Starlink satellites are creating space junk, raising environmental risks and concerns over satellite collisions.

Scientists studied how space junk moved in orbit over a 36-year span, finding that increased solar activity caused it to fall ...