THE NEIGHBORHOOD — We've all seen movies about space invaders. Sometimes, the aliens have strange, tentacle-like arms. Other times, they look almost human, except for the large eyes and elongated ...

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

We're getting more eyes (satellites) on the sky, but we're also creating an increasing amount of space junk that has scientists on edge. Space junk is anything that humanity has put into low Earth ...

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space, according to new research. While the probability of space junk striking an ...

Air traffic controllers now have something new to worry about: space junk. A report warns the risk of parts left over from a launch rocket or other debris plummeting into global flight paths is now 26 ...

But the event did cause a problem for air traffic controllers who had to re-route airliners around the area to avoid collisions with the space debris, causing delays and diversions for passengers.