Space debris poses significant risks to Earth's environment, affecting satellites and ecosystems. Learn about the potential threats and how they can be managed.

Look in the night sky, and you’ll see planets, stars, maybe even a satellite. But what you don’t see are all the other objects floating around Earth -- also known as space junk. “Space debris put ...

Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of space debris – and what we need to do about it Jettisoned junk A pallet of old batteries released into space from the ...

Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves a satellite using the plasma exhaust of its ion engine to knock dangerous ...

One person's trash is another person's treasure, unless, of course, you're talking about space debris, since it's too tough to acquire without a shuttle or a spaceship. That's a shame because space ...

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ALBATOR has a multi-million dollar grant to study touchless space junk removal. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...