Year after year, humanity is setting new records for the amount of stuff we're sending into the Earth's orbit, spurred mostly ...
Researchers calculated both the odds of falling rocket debris disrupting air travel, but also colliding with an aircraft ...
Any debris created by damaged satellites measuring larger than 1 cm can pose huge threats to other active, low-orbiting ...
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...
Some high-density airspace regions could have as high as a 26% of being affected by an uncontrolled rocket body reentry.
The study published on Nature.com highlights the threat growing space exploration can cause humanity back on Earth ...
A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that ...
Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected ...
Now, scientists have calculated the chance that falling rocket junk could enter the airspace, potentially striking an ...