L ike many of us, Earth bears old pockmarks. Our planet’s crust has a band of ancient craters that formed around 465 million ...

New research explores if the moon was captured by Earth or formed by a collision. Scientists weigh theories, analyzing lunar ...

Debris from the broken-apart Intelsat 33e telecom satellite is spreading across geosynchronous orbit, threatening spacecraft ...

The mission is meant as a demonstration of the capacities of this humble material to live long and prosper in the vacuum of ...

Two meteor showers, both streams of debris from the same massive object that broke apart 20,000 years ago, are happening at ...

An unknown small object, traveling thousands of miles per hour, punctured a satellite in Earth's orbit. The satellite company NanoAvionics released images online showing the damage to its MP42 ...

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method for tracking space debris with centimeter-level accuracy, improving space ...

Here in South Florida, we are used to strange stories. One example from this year: a “Florida Man” made a claim against NASA ...

What do the Earth's gravitational field and the trajectories of satellites and space debris have in common? The Earth's ...

Picture in your mind a big parking lot with 131 million cars on it. Now imagine that they are spread out over the entire Earth’s inhabited areas. Although still a large number, it is ...

Scientists are using laser-based tracking and gravity data to improve how we monitor both satellites and space debris. By blending these methods, they can now predict orbits more precisely and gather ...

Japan launched LignoSat, the first wooden satellite, to test eco-friendly materials for space en route to more sustainable ...