Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after ...

A recent event involving a Russian satellite, the Luch/Olymp, which appears to have disintegrated in orbit, has raised alarming questions about the rising threats posed by space debris. The satellite, ...

When a defunct Russian imaging satellite suddenly shattered in orbit, astronauts on the International Space Station were ordered into their return capsules and told to brace for impact. The incident, ...

A Russian signals intelligence satellite was destroyed in a collision with space debris, according to Swiss firm S2A Systems.

The United States remains “unacceptably vulnerable” to a dangerous form of escalation by Russia in space, including the possibility of a nuclear detonation that could cripple satellites and disrupt ...

L ast February, debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set the skies of Europe ablaze before crashing down to Earth in Poland, ...

When Sir Keir Starmer left for Beijing earlier this week, he probably didn’t imagine that a Chinese rocket would be threatening Britain within days.

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

Two NATO-nation intelligence services suspect Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation with destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel, with the aim ...

Earthquake sensors are giving scientists a new way to track space junk as it falls back to Earth.

"We are on Day 1. A lot more needs to be done." ...