Given the mounting number of objects in orbit, this is likely to be a more regular occurrence. It's costly in terms of damage ...
Airlines have long treated thunderstorms, snow and volcanic ash as the main reasons to slow or stop flights. Now a new hazard ...
"Do we react for everything which has a chance to reach the ground? Or do we react only for the very large objects, as we did ...
Low Earth orbit has quietly become one of the most crowded and hazardous environments humanity has ever created, with an ...
On a special episode (first released on April 3, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: What happens when today’s treasure – satellites that give us access to broadband internet and accurate weather forecasts ...
Sometimes, what goes up doesn’t come back down — instead, it becomes a problem. Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, millions of pieces orbit the Earth, from broken satellites to lost ...