
SpaceX Falcon 9 just rocketed a harpoon and net into orbit to hunt space junk
Human trash now litters space in the form of broken hardware and spacecrafts circling Earth. But the Surrey Space...

Airbus wants to harpoon a satellite and bring it back to Earth
The aeronautics company Airbus is currently testing a three-foot harpoon they hope will catch the nonfunctional...

China wants to destroy space junk with giant lasers
Not only do we need to worry about pollution on Earth, but also in space. A team of six scientists in China are...

Chinese space station could plummet back to Earth in March
China lost control of their first space station Tiangong-1 in 2016 - and now pieces of it could come crashing back...

ESA unveils magnetic space tug to corral broken satellites drifting in space
Japan's experiment to clean up space junk earlier this year may have ended in failure, but the world's space agencies...

Japan's experimental mission to clean up space junk ends in failure
An experimental effort to remove five decades worth of space junk orbiting Earth has met with failure due to technical...

Japan successfully orbits giant space junk collector
Around 100 million pieces of trash cast off from satellites and rockets are circulating in space, causing hundreds...

INTERVIEW: Designer Daan Roosegaarde on smog temples, space trash, and what's next
We've built cities that do us harm, according to groundbreaking Netherlands designer Daan Roosegaarde. Along with...