Plasma is a gas-like state of matter made of free-floating negative electrons ... satellite will be dedicated to detection of ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) noted in its Annual Space Environment Report that more than 6,600 tons of space junk are currently floating about ... of space debris, as small as a millimeter ...

Space junk does seem to be a growing problem. The target for a space debris cleanup mission is apparently in pieces. A leftover rocket adapter, expected to be removed from low Earth orbit in 2026 ...

There's a small crisis emerging in outer space ... for the final approach and eventual docking with a floating chunk of space junk. This mission will launch in 2027 and will bring the H-IIA ...

Miles of beaches were littered with garbage and debris following a SpaceX Starship explosion, occurring just before an ...

These explosions add to the 170 million pieces of 1-millimeter debris currently floating in space ... team observed a small but temporary reduction in power—space agencies could ignore it ...

While the floating space junk is certainly a problem ... "Being paid compensation after the event would be a small consolation for someone killed or seriously injured," Gorman said.