The safety concern continues to increase into 2026 as researchers at the University of British Columbia predicted in a study ...

According to a paper published in early 2025, there is a 26 percent chance that space debris will pass through some of the ...

Even in space, what goes up sometimes comes back down: spent rocket stages, defunct satellites and other bits of space debris ...

The incident, described by observers as "likely caused by an internal energetic source" rather than a collision, resulted in a loss of communication. According to Starlink, the result was a venting of ...

As more and more satellites go into orbit, concerns are growing about the odds of aircraft colliding with space debris re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. Three pieces of space junk fall into the ...

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, ...

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud services has led to a massive demand for computing power. The surge has strained data infrastructure, which requires lots of electricity to ...

New research highlights the shrinking time window to prevent catastrophic space collisions due to the rapid increase in ...

Each year, thousands of satellites at the end of their life fall toward Earth, burning up in the atmosphere. In their wake, they leave a trail of chemicals behind that depletes the ozone layer over ...