Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...

As more space junk is falling to Earth uncontrolled, scientists are using seismometers to track the debris.

Space junk is a major threat with millions of debris pieces now in orbit. Risks range from minor collisions reducing the ...

The new study found there's a 26% chance the threat of space junk could shut down a crowded airspace in Europe, Asia or North ...

Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's atmosphere can create a collision risk with aircraft in flight.

NASA estimates that there are nearly 6,000 tons of space junk in low Earth orbit, moving around our planet at speeds up to 18 ...

Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...

Space debris plummeting back to Earth could be a growing problem for aircraft, researchers warned in a new study. The study authors, all affiliated with Canada's University of British Columbia ...

Midwesterners who were out for a nighttime stroll Tuesday saw something a bit unusual in the sky as falling satellite debris ...

The skies in Southern Wisconsin were lit up last night as people reached out to us about the fiery streaks in the sky.

but he said this is the first time he’s aware of its use for tracking space debris. Fernando first tested the idea to track the controlled reentry of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in September ...