Portal Space Systems is partnering with Paladin Space on a commercial service that would round up and dispose of orbital debris.

Dots representing tracked bits of space junk encircle the planet. Most of these objects are concentrated in low Earth orbit — the region of space within 1,200 miles of the Earth's surface. - NASA ODPO ...

Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of space debris – and what we need to do about it Jettisoned junk A pallet of old batteries released into space from the ...

India’s space programme has built a reputation for precision, efficiency, and steady progress over the decades. From ...

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(Gray News) – The risk of space debris falling through airspace is going up in 2026, according to researchers. Experts said spacecraft, or parts of one, fall back into the Earth’s atmosphere once a ...

India has 129 trackable space debris objects in orbit, confirmed in Parliament in March 2026. Here is how Isro plans to reach ...

"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 for the Long March?" When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

(CNN) — 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 ...