An interactive map has recently highlighted the alarming increase in out-of-control rockets and spacecraft crashing back to Earth. This surge in uncontrolled reentries poses significant risks to ...

With thousands of dead satellites and rocket parts crowding Earth’s orbit, a new generation of companies is betting that cleaning up space could become a major business.

Researchers and government agencies are turning to artificial intelligence to solve one of spaceflight’s fastest-growing problems: tracking debris in the vast stretch between Earth and the Moon. With ...

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 ...