Year after year, humanity is setting new records for the amount of stuff we're sending into the Earth's orbit, spurred mostly ...

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

Researchers calculated both the odds of falling rocket debris disrupting air travel, but also colliding with an aircraft ...

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

A new study from the University of British Columbia reveals the growing danger of falling space debris striking an airplane.

Scientists have raised concerns over the increasing amount of space debris, warning that it could pose a threat to commercial air travel.

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 ...

A new study from researchers at UBC found that the chance of debris entering air space around major cities is as high as 26 per cent each year.

Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of debris are also colliding, adding to the millions of smaller fragments which ...

Space junk disrupting air traffic is far from unheard of. In 2022, a re-entering 20-tonne piece of rocket prompted Spanish and French aviation authorities to close parts of their airspace.