Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

Greenhouse gases are doing more than warming our planet — they're reshaping space itself. As emissions cool and shrink the ...

History has repeatedly shown that crises are often ignored until they escalate into disasters. Space debris is no exception, and failing to address it urgently could have catastrophic consequences.

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 ...

Space junk is a "persistent hazard," scientists say. Climate change could threaten the future use of satellites and significantly reduce the number of spacecraft that can safety orbit Earth ...

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 ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ... It is poised to exacerbate the growing problem of space debris, potentially shrinking the usable space for satellite in ...

That’s because space will become more littered with debris as climate change lessens nature’s way of cleaning it up. Part of the greenhouse effect that warms the air near Earth’s surface also cools ...

Remarkably, this action did not violate any existing laws, yet it left a treacherous cloud of debris swirling in the vastness of space—an ongoing threat to other satellites. Suspended several ...

About a fifth are inactive, simply orbiting as as space junk. Over the last couple of decades, hundreds of these dead satellites have collided to create millions of pieces of shrapnel. That ...