Just as we are reckoning with how to conserve ecosystems on Earth for future living creatures, we must think of space as an ...
The space debris problem won't solve itself. We've been kicking the can down the road for years as we continue launching more rockets and payloads into space. In the last couple of years, ...
Space exploration is no longer the domain of countries alone. It’s now rapidly becoming the domain of private interests.
The scenario in which space debris collides and creates more debris is called Kessler Syndrome, named after the NASA scientist Donald Kessler.
Pieces of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket are washing ashore after the latest test flight exploded over Turks and Caicos.
The "rapid unscheduled disassembly" of Elon Musk's Starship sparked chaos as some airspace throughout the Caribbean was ...
Companies like SpaceX, Amazon's Project Kuiper, and OneWeb are deploying massive constellations of small satellites to ...
The risk from space debris is compounded by the growing congestion from operational satellites in low-Earth orbit, ...
A tour guide holds up debris in Little Water Cay ... Aaron Boley, co-director at the Outer Space Institute and an expert in space sustainability, agreed, saying the risks and costs of the ...
The latest disintegration of a SpaceX test flight was a spectacular sight, as broken-up rocket parts streaked like jellyfish ...