Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern for air traffic, as SpaceX's recent Starship Flight 7 showed.

As more spacecraft are launched, the risk increases that uncontrolled space debris - those without active guidance - will ...

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

As the number of flights around the world grows and the amount of junk in space rises, the chances of a collision between the two is only increasing ...

Now scientists have found that using seismometers is a new and inexpensive method to detect falling space junk, which can cause damage on impact and carry toxic materials — and may someday turn ...

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 ...

As space launches increase and the number of spacecraft reentries rises, experts are growing more concerned about the ...

One Alabama woman was rudely awoken from a nap in 1954 when a meteorite came through her roof and hit her, leaving a big ...

Space junk streaked through the sky throughout Wisconsin Tuesday night, putting on a show for anybody lucky enough to see it. Local 5 News received pictures and videos of the fiery display from ...

Any time you see something falling through the sky, like leaving that trail of light, whether it’s space junk or a meteor ...

The Starlink satellite reentry sparked at least 62 fireball reports to the American Meteor Society, which shared images and ...