In a paper published in Acta Astronautica, the researchers demonstrated how origami may be the solution to low Earth orbit’s ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm ...

Tens of thousands of pieces of space debris are hurtling around Earth right now. These defunct satellites, spent rocket ...

Here’s how artists imagined Earth would look from space. Illustration by Chesley Bonestell. No one saw our earth as an entire planet hanging in empty space until 1960, when a Russian satellite ...

BD+20 307: "Who doesn't love a 'sister Earth' smashing into another world? Portraying the drama of the crash was a stimulating challenge for me," Cook said. "Aside from being my most popular ...

The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on—electric grids, aviation and ...

Over 6,600 tons of space junk are orbiting Earth, posing a threat to satellites and future space missions. Learn about the growing problem and cleanup efforts.

As humanity rushes back to space, we seem to be repeating some of the mistakes we’ve made on Earth. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan Supported by By Jaime Green Cassini was crashed into ...

An illustration of the layers of Earth's atmosphere (Image credit: ttsz via Getty Images) However, that doesn't mean Earth's atmosphere is undetectable beyond 621 miles.