potentially dangerous space junk. But that's just a small part of the problem the study outlines. Orbiting space debris is an unfortunate by-product of our desire to explore and document space.

She also noted that the space junk collector consisted of a trap with titanium nets and the recycling system. After a decommissioned satellite gets into the trap, it undergoes the stage of its ...

Artist's depiction of what a concentrated cloud of space debris might look like. Credit: NASA According to the European Space ...

A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pile up—causing ripple effects across everything from weather tracking to broadband internet to national defense. A photo ...

Thresher says falling space junk will only become more of an issue, but it's actually not the biggest risk posed by our growing orbital collection. "We're likely to see more of that sort of thing ...

has announced that it has successfully approached a piece of orbital debris traveling at a high speed to inspect it from a distance of about 15 meters. The Tokyo-based startup developing space ...

A laser beam in outer space that sends orbiting debris to a fiery end in the Earth's atmosphere may soon be a reality. SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. said it is developing a satellite that can shoot ...