After decades of space exploration, there are now more than 500,000 pieces of artificial debris greater than half an inch in size. Courtesy of NASA Orbital Debris Program Office Earler this month, ...

Earth’s orbit is crammed with junk. Since the launch of Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 in 1957, the skies over our heads have become increasingly crowded with the objects and debris we have placed or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Space junk is perhaps a silly-sounding name, and while it's not new, the rise of private aerospace firms has exacerbated this very ...

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. Several months later, the U.S. sent Explorer I into space. With two small objects, the space race began. As of March 2025, more than 11,000 satellites are ...

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Aug. 11 (UPI) --NASA is launching the second phase of its moon recycling competition to clean up trash in space. The space agency's LunaRecycle Challenge is looking for the brightest minds to figure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A trash compactor rolls over an active dump site at Pioneer Crossing Landfill in Birdsboro, Pa. Natalie Kolb/MediaNews ...

(SPACE.COM ) The space around Earth is becoming more cluttered by the day with orbital junk that, if left unchecked, will pose an ever-increasing threat to current and future spacecraft, a panel of ...

Space junk is perhaps a silly-sounding name, and while it's not new, the rise of private aerospace firms has exacerbated this very real and serious problem. Also called "space debris," human-made ...