As the New York Times reported at the time, the Kenya Space Agency identified the "red-hot" object as a piece of space junk that survived reentry, indicating that it was still trying to identify the ...

A piece of space debris weighing more than 1,000 pounds crash-landed in Kenya last week. The Kenya Space Agency says the metallic ring is about 8 feet in diameter, and they believe it's a ...

“There are many pieces of debris in space and one cannot be 100 per cent certain which will fall where,” the agency said. “However, most debris burns up in the atmosphere, and incidents like ...

The KSA said they were working to identify the piece's origin. Previous examples of space debris hitting Earth This is not the first time a space shuttle's separated part has hit the Earth's surface.

The space debris is just one of several pieces that have plummeted back to the planet. However, experts are more worried about the growing number of objects circling our world. Tens of thousands ...

As companies accelerate satellite launches and other orbital operations, the issue of excessive space debris is becoming an inevitable consequence. After all, what goes up must eventually come down.

The officials assured the public that there is no risk to their safety. Space junk refers to non-functional, human-made objects in space, including defunct satellites, used rocket stages ...

NASA According to the European Space Agency (ESA), more than 170 million pieces of space junk are currently orbiting Earth. But what is that debris exactly, and how did it get there? Is the ...

Past examples of man-made human space debris hitting Earth include part of a SpaceX Dragon capsule landing on an Australian sheep farm in 2022. “Space junk is a growing problem, and while this ...

The KSA said they were working to identify the piece’s origin. Past examples of man-made human space debris hitting Earth include part of a SpaceX Dragon capsule landing on an Australian sheep ...

A LARGE glowing ring of metal plummeted on a village in Kenya on Monday, in a shocking reminder of Earth's looming space debris problem. Villagers discovered the "red and hot" object, which is ...