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As it turns out, it's quite difficult to keep track of 27,000 objects flying around Earth orbit.

The two satellites came to within less than 30 feet of each other, a distance far closer than initial estimates suggested

The two satellites came to within less than 30 feet of each other back in February, a distance far closer than initial estimates suggested.

Two satellites missed each other by less than 66 feet on Wednesday, a close call that could have significantly increased orbital debris.

The smallest rings in the solar system, belonging to the centaur Chariklo, may be perturbed by a moon that's yet to be discovered.

DUBBED the "Jewel of the Solar System", Saturn with its beautiful rings is truly a glorious sight to behold. Made up of ice, dust and floating rock, the rings are actually a debris field that has been gravitationally locked to orbit Saturn. It is however, not the only planet to have rings, all of the gas giants boasts rings in one way or another and it's even predicted that Mars will eventually get its own set of rings in about a million years when its moon Phobos eventually disin...

The FCC fined the company $150,000 for failing to properly deorbit a satellite, aiming to control the mounting problem of space debris.