The unintended event also creates an opportunity for scientists and skywatchers to witness lunar impact dynamics in real time, although the debris will hit a sunlit portion of the moon from the ...

A derelict SpaceX rocket plowed into the moon Aug. 8, reigniting a debate about space junk. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to John Crassidis from the University at Buffalo about the issue.

A massive SpaceX rocket stage believed to have slammed into the Moon has renewed debate over the growing problem of space ...

China routinely sends astronauts to and from its space station Tiangong. A crew capsule is about to undock from the station and return to Earth, but there's nothing routine about its journey home. The ...

The region of space closest to Earth is crowded with the leftovers of the space age: dead satellites, spent rocket stages, ...

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 ...

Part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon on Aug. 5. Experts say the crash has some scientific benefits but it also ...

Metal spheres recently found on a beach in northern Queensland, Australia, draw attention to the worsening issue of space ...

There's a quiet irony sitting a few hundred kilometers above our heads. The same satellites that once mapped ice sheets, ...

Spread the loveLook up at the night sky, and you might see a few twinkling stars or the occasional passing satellite. What ...