The theory has become reality in the worst possible way. A few days ago, we were talking about the CRASH Clock and how the ...

Space environment health score shows how healthy - or stressed - Earth’s orbit is expected to become over the next 200 years.

Spacefaring countries have for decades been sending thousands upon thousands of satellites and other objects into orbit, where they have become an integral component of modern society. From hundreds ...

In 2023, Odin Space successfully validated its junk-tracking technology in orbit after launching as a rideshare payload on ...

Left unchecked, the space around our planet could get so cluttered with debris that we might not be able to use some orbits anymore, according to the latest European Space Agency (ESA) report on the ...

Odin Space and Arkisys are teaming up to provide customers with pioneering insurance for spacecraft specifically to cover ...

Recently, the Chinese launched a Long March 6A rocket to deliver the beginning of a satellite constellation meant to rival SpaceX’s Starlink. Unfortunately, as Ars Technica reports, the second stage ...

Sometimes, what goes up doesn’t come back down — instead, it becomes a problem. Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, millions of pieces orbit the Earth, from broken satellites to lost ...

The International Space Station (ISS) can't catch a break. Less than a week after completing evasive maneuvers to avoid space junk, the ISS has had to perform yet another burn to avoid even more space ...

High up in Earth's orbit, millions of human-made objects large and small are flying at speeds of over 15,000 miles per hour. The objects, which range from inactive satellites to fragments of equipment ...

As more and more satellites go into orbit, concerns are growing about the odds of aircraft colliding with space debris ...

From plasma engines that could turn months of travel into weeks to the first blueprints for ships that will outlive their ...