People think of space as vast and empty, but the near-Earth environment is starting to get crowded. As many as 100 lunar missions are planned over the next decade by governments and private ...

Bacteria typically found in or on the body arrive in space with their human hosts, but the array of free-living microbes found on Earth—in soil and water—is lacking. NASA'S STUCK ASTRONAUTS ...

The Orbital Sustainability Act, or the ORBITS Act, aims to promote the development of technology and methods to clean up rocket and satellite debris orbiting Earth. Space junk — satellites and ...

After more than half a century of space activity ... is going to have to clean-up.” “This is why we’re going to make this tool and give it to the people of Earth for free.” ...

His theory is that once space ... Earth observation cameras, enabling a controlled re-entry of the device, in uninhabited ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) noted in its Annual Space Environment Report that more than 6,600 tons of space junk are currently floating about in Low Earth ... of ESA's Clean Space Office ...

An on-ground laser system is reportedly the newest venture by Osaka's laser fusion company, EX-Fusion, in removing small space debris across Earth's orbit, as reported by Interesting Engineering ...

Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast ...

For 100 years, people have dreamed of sending vast arrays of solar panels into space and beaming their energy down to Earth. Unlike intermittent renewable-energy sources on the ground, these ...

Steve Stich, manager of NASA Commercial Crew Program, said they adjusted the timeline to Tuesday to align with better weather for a "really clean ... to Earth. As Starliner approached the space ...

With more countries landing on the Moon, people back on Earth ... space launch expert Johnathan McDowell told Space.com. Since no one owns the Moon, no one is responsible for keeping it clean ...