Space debris is a real hazard to life on Earth, a physics expert has warned, highlighting the dangers of falling space junk ...

A space physics expert has warned that space junk orbiting around the Earth and flying at 18,000mph could pose a genuine threat to those on the planet below. Nottingham Trent University’s Dr Ian ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. It’s easy to imagine the area around Earth ... debris. That material would be sent ...

The issue was highlighted after the SpaceX Starship mission last month, which caused debris to fall over the Atlantic Ocean ...

Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of debris are also colliding, adding to the millions of smaller fragments which ...

Sky junk? When the U.S. turned up the sensitivity of its radar detection systems last week, it found a bevy of balloons and drones lolling around in ... From our morning news briefing to a weekly ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication ... bells over the growing quantities of space debris hurtling around Earth. According to the European Space Agency, there ...

As the data came in, a bright fireball flying overhead revealed the source: A large piece of space junk burning up as it fell to Earth ... a person worldwide was around 4 percent.

NASA is testing new robot grippers that could one day remove space debris and help repair satellites in Earth’s orbit. On ...

thus creating masses of debris fragments. "Adding a Sustainable Development Goal [SDG] specifically for space would be a transformative step in safeguarding one of Earth's most vital environments ...