"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It’s strange to think of space as “littered.” After all, the universe is so vast that it’s nearly ...

OpenStar Technologies, a New Zealand-based fusion research company, has achieved a key milestone by obtaining its first plasma. Although nuclear fusion research is relatively new, OpenStar has adopted ...

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Thousands of pieces of space junk are littering low-Earth orbit (LEO), potentially imperiling the future of human spaceflight. A new study highlights a novel idea to clean up this orbital mess using ...