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.

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

the development and uptake of optical and radio tracking aids, and a longer list of additional developments. The Technical Booklet summarizes our problem: Space Debris requires standardized methods to ...

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 ...

The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going to get worse as interplanetary traffic and commercial airline flights ...

The ongoing mystery over where the metallic ring came from highlights the growing risk of falling space debris, the origin of which can sometimes be hard to track. In March 2023, a two-pound ...

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

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 ...