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Space junk is raising safety concerns for aircraft, with a 2025 study warning of a 26% chance debris could pass through busy ...

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

A dead satellite can become a high-speed hazard in an orbit that is already packed with working spacecraft. That risk is why ...

Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit ...

An orbital emergency in 2025 linked to space debris highlights gaps in tracking, rising launch activity, and growing risks to human spaceflight and Earth’s orbital environment ...

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A self-destructing robot will be sent into orbit on the world's first space cleanup mission, European scientists announced Monday, a fresh approach to fixing up the galaxy's junk graveyard. Our orbit ...

Starting 2026, Starlink will bring approximately half its fleet of satellite closer to earth addressing rising space safety concerns. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key ...