"We're now in an era where there's multiple governments, multiple companies involved in space. So the shift is not just one ...

Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong — will be extending their stay aboard China's Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by a presumed piece of orbital debris on Wednesday.

Early one February morning in 2025, Adam Borucki discovered something extraordinary behind his warehouse in Poland: a charred ...

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after they were briefly stranded at the nation's space station when space debris struck their vehicle.

California-based TransAstra is testing an inflatable “Capture Bag” that comes in different sizes and is intended to catch ...

China's Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took a hit from a piece of space debris floating through orbit, causing Chinese officials to delay the spacecraft's return from its Tiangong space station in early ...

The risk of flights being hit by space junk is still small, but it’s growing. About three pieces of old space equipment —used rockets and defunct satellites—fall into Earth’s atmosphere every day, ...

China's Shenzhou-21 crew of astronauts is technically currently stranded on board the Tiangong without a usable spacecraft at ...

It can be challenging to quantify how much of a danger space debris poses. The International Civil Aviation Organization ...

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the fifth in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...

Look in the night sky, and you’ll see planets, stars, maybe even a satellite. But what you don’t see are all the other objects floating around Earth -- also known as space junk. “Space debris put ...

"We took the shot at making a tile and were blown away by the test results." Humanity has a new tool in the fight against space junk — "Space Armor™," a multi-functional composite that could protect ...