Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

"Our behavior with greenhouse gases here on Earth over the past 100 years is having an effect on how we operate satellites ...

As global warming continues, researchers are warning that there will be problems for satellites in low Earth orbit.

like the U.S. Space Force, are currently tracking nearly 40,000 pieces of debris, some as large as a car. At least 130 million objects smaller than 10 centimeters are also estimated to be orbiting ...

A new study finds that climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are plagued by persistent rashes, unusual allergies and a variety of ...

A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pile up—causing ripple effects across everything from ...

Instead, they are stuck orbiting in a less dense atmosphere ... Cleaning Up Space While missions aren’t being thwarted by space debris just yet, the risk of damage is still present. According to the ...

India has opened the country's space sector beyond the state-owned Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to private ...

About a fifth are inactive, simply orbiting as as space junk. Over the last couple of decades, hundreds of these dead satellites have collided to create millions of pieces of shrapnel. That ...