Space debris threatens satellites and astronauts, highlighting the urgency to prevent cascading collisions in orbit.

Close calls are becoming more common as low Earth orbit becomes more and more crowded with satellites and debris.

All of this adds up to the likelihood, the ESA warns, that a theoretical scenario known as the Kessler Syndrome could become ...

The amount of space junk has magnified over the years, leading to more collisions and threats to future space missions.

astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) narrowly avoided a collision with space debris, thanks to a ...

From astronauts getting stranded on a leaking ISS and faceplanting moon landers to injured Mars robots and a tumbling solar ...

What to know about the growing threat of space debris as satellites multiply and experts warn of potential orbital disaster.

In remote Kazakhstan, photographer Andrew McConnell captured astronauts’ return from the ISS — and the nomadic communities ...

The concept known as “Kessler Syndrome” was proposed nearly five decades ago. Experts weigh in on whether the space-based disaster scenario is already unfolding.

Space debris is an escalating problem, risking the onset of Kessler Syndrome, a cascade of collisions that could make Earth's ...

ESA warns that unchecked debris accumulation could lead to Kessler Syndrome, rendering space travel impossible in future.