LEO constellations are potential customers for space junk removal. Credit: Kall Morris LAS VEGAS—Dealing with defunct satellites can cost constellation operators serious money, especially if a broken ...

Hundreds of millions of debris fragments zip around Earth at speeds exceeding 15,000 mph, posing a constant threat to astronauts and spacecraft. Thanks to prohibitive costs, no one is bothering to ...

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

Low Earth orbit is starting to look less like pristine frontier and more like a crowded shipping lane, with fragments of old rockets and defunct satellites threatening the next generation of ...

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

Earth's space junk problem isn't just growing—it's accelerating. According to the European Space Agency's latest Space Environment Report, 2024 saw some of the largest debris-generating events in ...

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 ...