A new study links the sun's 11-year cycle to accelerated orbital loss, with debris falling faster once sunspot numbers near ...

Seismometers - equipment designed to pinpoint earthquakes - are now being used to track the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit. Some of those items pose a risk to ...

Space junk falling out of orbit and crashing toward Earth is a growing threat. Indeed, old satellites and spacecraft parts reenter our planet’s atmosphere more than three times a day. When these ...

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

ISRO scientists have discovered a "transition boundary" that causes space junk to fall to Earth significantly faster once solar activity reaches 67% of its peak ...

It’s one extraordinary thing to launch the product of mankind’s brilliant minds into the cosmos, but it’s another to keep track of it long after the mission ends. We’ve explored before how important ...

CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Orion Space Solutions (Orion), a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcfield, announced today a follow-on subcontract from Advanced Space to support Phase 2 of ...

It may sound like science fiction but an Australian team is working on a project to zap orbital debris with lasers from Earth to reduce the growing amount of space junk that threatens to knock out ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning into their sonic booms. Scientists ...