The safety concern continues to increase into 2026 as researchers at the University of British Columbia predicted in a study ...

Specifically flagged by the UNEP are air pollution from launch emissions, spacecraft emissions in the stratosphere, as well ...

Left unchecked, the space around our planet could get so cluttered with debris that we might not be able to use some orbits anymore, according to the latest European Space Agency (ESA) report on the ...

Low Earth orbit has quietly become one of the most crowded and hazardous environments humanity has ever created, with an ...

Space environment health score shows how healthy - or stressed - Earth’s orbit is expected to become over the next 200 years.

SpaceX plans to lower the orbits of some of its Starlink satellites, a move the company says is intended to improve space safety following recent incidents.

Starlink is to lower the orbits of about half its satellite constellation over the course of this year, citing safety ...

In 2026, Starlink will begin lowering the altitude of its satellite constellation, a technical adjustment that points to a ...

As the number of satellites in Earth orbit increases, so too does the risk from space debris — and some experts warn certain orbits could already be getting dangerously crowded. The mass of debris in ...

Even in space, what goes up sometimes comes back down: spent rocket stages, defunct satellites and other bits of space debris ...

Space debris – the collection of defunct human-made objects in Earth's orbit – is already affecting space agencies, companies ...

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the fifth in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...