The uncontrolled re-entry of space debris is not just a nuisance — it is a legal, environmental and potentially catastrophic problem. Without fresh policies and mitigation strategies ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Scientists are designing a satellite and instruments capable of detecting space debris as small as 1 centimeter, less than one-half inch. Debris that small, which cannot ...

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the Company"), a global leader in launch services and space systems, ...

Growing concentrations of greenhouse gases are making the upper atmosphere thinner, decreasing its ability to pull space junk out of orbit. As a result, far fewer satellites will be able to safely ...

Congress is prioritizing new legislation to authorize NASA and support commercial space activities. The proposed bills aim to maintain a ...

DDPG-based robotic trajectory planning for space debris detumbling using eddy currents and a 6-DOF manipulator.

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

As global warming continues, the upper atmosphere will cool and become less dense, reducing the force which usually pulls space debris back to Earth and cluttering the orbit. MIT researchers ...

Debris Avoidance and Situational Awareness: With thousands of space debris, big and small, tracking in Earth's orbit, collisions with all forms of space debris can cause catastrophic damage.

As emissions cool and shrink the thermosphere, satellites experience less drag, allowing more space junk to linger in orbit. With thousands of new satellites launching every year, this congestion ...