Space debris is no exception ... A major — and rarely discussed — concern is a potential collision between a falling piece of debris and commercial aircraft. At any given time, more than ...

Collisions are a growing risk as space gets more crowded, and greenhouse gas emissions could make things worse. Greenhouse ...

That creates a constant risk of collision for active satellites and ... The increasing threat from space debris calls for both higher maneuverability in orbit and a reduction of the amount of ...

threatening to spawn local runaway space debris collision cascades. Such cascades would produce further fragment clouds that would further decrease the safety of orbital traffic. Breaking space ...

When fiery debris from SpaceX Starships rained down across the Atlantic, air traffic controllers scrambled to delay takeoffs ...

Greenhouse gas emissions could reduce drag in the upper atmosphere, leaving more space debris in orbit and making satellites ...

Climate change is altering conditions in near-Earth space, which could limit the number of satellites that can reliably ...

The ever-growing issue of space debris worsens with each passing moment; some fragments could be on a collision course back to our planet.