Earth's space junk problem isn't just growing—it's accelerating. According to the European Space Agency's latest Space Environment Report, 2024 saw some of the largest debris-generating events in ...

Properly addressing the problem of space requires work across three fronts: technology, policy and philosophy.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Moriba Jah, an astrodynamicist and space environmentalist, is a winner of the MacArthur Fellowship and serves as faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. He is co-founder and chief ...

The space debris problem won't solve itself. We've been kicking the can down the road for years as we continue launching more rockets and payloads into space. In the last couple of years, ...

The problem posed by human-made junk in space worsened significantly in 2024, according to a new report by the European Space Agency. The report follows a Chinese launch last August that raised alarms ...

HELSINKI — The upper stage of China’s Long March 6A rocket appears to be creating numerous pieces of space debris, adding to the growing issue of orbital debris. The latest Long March 6A launched July ...

Human-made debris left behind in outer space is a growing problem down on Earth From defunct satellites to rocket parts, debris from everything humans have launched into space since the 1950s is ...

While the tractor beam wouldn't completely solve the space junk problem, the concept has several advantages over other proposed space debris removal methods, which could make it a valuable tool for ...