People have called on the tech giants investing in space exploration to make changes. Astronauts stranded in orbit after ...

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after they were briefly stranded at the nation's space station when space debris struck their vehicle.

China's Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took a hit from a piece of space debris floating through orbit, causing Chinese officials to delay the spacecraft's return from its Tiangong space station in early ...

A number of astronauts have been stuck in space due to unfavorable weather at the landing site. Returning to Earth is a ...

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the fifth in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...

Wrapping up 204 days in orbit, three Chinese astronauts flew back to Earth aboard a Shenzhou spacecraft Friday, leaving three ...

After the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) determined that a window fracture had rendered the Shenzhou-20 ship unsafe, it was ...

Dougal’s research focuses on laser ablation – using lasers to nudge space debris out of orbit and then burn up reentering earth’s atmosphere or moving into a higher orbit and out of the way. Her work ...

It’s an issue we can no longer afford to treat as theoretical. To address this threat, the space industry must transition from ground-based tracking to orbit-based detection systems capable of ...

The new UK-funded studies will support these groups by providing data, analytical tools, and technical insights. The IADC’s ...

A self-destructing robot will be sent into orbit on the world's first space cleanup mission, European scientists announced Monday, a fresh approach to fixing up the galaxy's junk graveyard. Our orbit ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) R. Lincoln Hines, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) China’s ...