Space debris could be dealt with more cheaply than previously thought, new NASA report suggests

From expensive actions such as dedicated space debris removal missions to better shielding of new satellites and improved tracking of the smallest space debris fragments, there are many ways to ...

New initiative charts space debris ‘constellations’ in Earth’s orbit

A new initiative has charted “star signs” in Earth’s orbit. These are not made by connecting actual stars, though. Instead, they chart patterns of space junk flying just a few hundred miles over our ...

Farmer finds hunk of charred space debris, potentially from a SpaceX rocket

Though the discovery is somewhat novel today, space junk including dead satellites, spent rocket boosters, and jettisoned gear is quickly piling up in low-Earth orbit. There are 36,500 debris objects ...

Chunk of space debris lands in Sask. farm field

As a farmer in rural Saskatchewan, Barry Sawchuk is used to removing rocks and weeds from his fields. But he recently discovered a two-metre wide, 40-kilogram heap of twisted, burnt metal.

Gaze of the Grapefruit Satellite

Vanguard 1 and others like it marked the beginning of an increasingly catastrophic amount of space debris in orbit around Earth, an estimated 8000 metric tonnes as of 2020. This debris is composed, ...