Space Junk
Giant Gecko Robots Will Save Us from Space Junk
A new gecko-inspired adhesive solves an old scaling problem for wall-climbing bots.
These Artists Are Turning Space Junk into Sound Art
Cath Le Couteur and Nick Ryan's multimedia project "Adrift" explores the idea of space debris using a musical instrument, a film, and a website.
The New 'Space Fence' Will Protect Satellites from Earth's Halo of Garbage
A sphere of garbage is zooming along at 17,000 miles per hour around Earth, but the US Air Force is making a renewed effort to do something about it.
Europe's Space Agency Is Investigating Why Satellites Tumble to Their Deaths
The ESA wants to know why most satellites never make it to graveyard orbit, and it's using lasers to do it.
Australia Is Building a Laser To Shoot Junk Out of Orbit
We can potentially solve our orbital litter problem from the ground.
Thousands of Things Could Cause "Gravity"-Style Satellite Destruction
Not just the zombie Envisat satellite.
The Swiss Plan to Destroy Space Junk with a Kamikaze Robo-Janitor
We've turned space into a trash heap.
Trevor Paglen Made a Time Capsule to Outlast Earth
Paglen compiled a list of 100 images culled from human history and etched them onto an ultra-archival silicon disc.
The Sky Is Falling: Space Junk's Greatest Hits
I’ll admit, I was skeptical when I first learned that a flaming, 6.5-ton bulk of metal--approximately the size of a school bus--was scheduled to come barreling through the lower atmosphere and into our world sometime today. Born in the mid-eighties, my...