There are an estimated 170 million pieces of space debris – chunks of broken satellites and rockets – orbiting the earth. Of these, 29,000 pieces are larger than 10cm and a European Space ...

Now, US defence giant Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT +0.05% has joined with a Canberra-based tech company to build a tracking station in the Australian Outback that can follow debris as small as a baseball ...

Scientists are studying how sensors designed to detect nuclear tests could help track space junk and meteorites crashing down in the world's most remote regions. Across the world, dozens of ...

Low Earth orbit has quietly become one of the most crowded and hazardous environments humanity has ever created, with an ...

Taoiseach Enda Kenny was informed of the 10-year investment programme yesterday when he visited the centre on a hilly outcrop above the main Midleton-Fermoy road in Cork. He was there to view the ...

Cutting space-tracking efforts risks collisions — and U.S. leadership in commercializing outer space. September 1, 2025 at 7:00 a.m. EDTToday at 7:00 a.m. EDT ...

Earth’s most valuable real estate is no longer on the ground but in orbit, and that neighborhood is getting dangerously cluttered. Scientists are now converging on a practical fix that treats old ...