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

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

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Dark’s flagship product, called Interceptor, represents a new approach to space defense — one that mimics how military ...

Our planet's orbit could become a junkyard; what are the dangers of runaway space debris? Chemical rockets have made it ...

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

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is peaking. Experts say expect to see 10 to 15 meteors per hour in ideal viewing conditions ...

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

Look up at the night sky. Among the sparkling stars and wandering planets, a silent threat grows with each passing day—a ...

Kosmos 482 was part of the Venera program, a series of Soviet probes that set the early benchmark for exploring Venus. Its ...