Low Earth orbit has quietly become one of the most crowded and hazardous environments humanity has ever created, with an ...

Space debris – the collection of defunct human-made objects in Earth's orbit – is already affecting space agencies, companies ...

"Do we react for everything which has a chance to reach the ground? Or do we react only for the very large objects, as we did ...

Airlines have long treated thunderstorms, snow and volcanic ash as the main reasons to slow or stop flights. Now a new hazard ...

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

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

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

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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) R. Lincoln Hines, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) China’s ...

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 ...

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 ...