Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...

Low Earth orbit (LEO) is on the verge of a major expansion in crewed operations, but the proliferation of space debris could ...

The International Space Station (ISS) executed evasive maneuvers Wednesday evening (April 30) to avoid a piece of passing ...

Silber found that when a meteoroid or piece of space junk enters the atmosphere steeply—at an angle greater than 60 ...

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University is partnering with Canopy Aerospace to test next-generation ...

A defunct Soviet -era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is poised for an uncontrolled descent back to Earth.

To clean up hazardous space debris orbiting the Earth, a group of students that includes Jackie Edwards ’25 is developing ...

China’s megaconstellation launches spark debris concerns; commercial space expands; Lightyear Explorer raises funds; key ...

Halley's comet swings near Earth every 75 years. But debris left by the comet leads to two major meteor showers every year ...

The Aquarids, a meteor shower famous for its speedy balls of space debris that streak across the night sky, is due to peak in early May. The ETA Aquarids reliably becomes most active around early ...

had to raise its orbit on Wednesday to reduce the risk of being struck by a piece of space junk. The maneuver was carried out at 6:10 p.m. ET by firing the thrusters on the docked Progress 91 ...