Dots representing tracked bits of space junk encircle the planet. Most of these objects are concentrated in low Earth orbit — the region of space within 1,200 miles of the Earth's surface. - NASA ODPO ...

In recent years, the rising congestion in Earth’s orbit has become one of the most pressing challenges facing space-faring nations. Thousands of inactive satellites, rocket fragments, and ...

“We’re running against the clock here,” Tiago Soares, the lead engineer of the Clean Space office at ESA, warned, as yet another incident of space junk led the International Space Station to operate ...

More than 120 seismometers detected sonic booms from space debris and enabled its fall to be tracked with unprecedented ...

A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and anti-satellite missile testing. These fragments—some as small as grains of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three Chinese astronauts have been temporarily stranded in space after the vehicle they were meant to travel aboard back to Earth ...

Sometimes, what goes up doesn’t come back down — instead, it becomes a problem. Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, millions of pieces orbit the Earth, from broken satellites to lost ...

Tiny chunks of space debris are believed to have struck the return vehicle of a Chinese crew of astronauts who were due to return to Earth following a mission at the nation's Tiangong space station.