A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pile up—causing ripple effects across everything from ...

There's a small crisis emerging in outer space, as the skies above our planet are slowly filling with floating space trash and experts are rushing to find a way to clear away the worst of it.

As Earth's orbit becomes populated with more crafts and devices, researchers are looking for ways to detect and track ...

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In 1957, the Space Age officially began with the launch of humanity’s first artificial satellite – known as Sputnik 1. Constructed and orbited by the Soviet Union, this satellite was a simple ...

The ever-growing issue of space debris worsens with each passing moment; some fragments could be on a collision course back to our planet. Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show plans If you ever ...

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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 ...

Japanese ADRAS-J satellite captures historic close-up of space debris, advancing efforts to tackle orbital junk ...