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

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 massive metal ring, weighing over half a ton, fell from the sky on Monday, landing in Mukuku, a village in southern Kenya.

Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...

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

As more space junk is falling to Earth uncontrolled, scientists are using seismometers to track the debris.

As the years pass, humanity is sending more junk into space than ever before and scientists are on edge because […] ...

And the rocket fell. It was “one of the largest pieces of debris re-entering in the near past,” EU Space Surveillance and Tracking said at the time. Spain closed part of its airspace along the ...

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is ... The research broke down the risks depending on regions of airspace by tracking the highest density of air traffic using 2023 data.

Wright and his two UBC colleagues used space junk tracking data published by the U.S. military in the decade leading up to 2023. They compared the falling orbital debris with flight data from ...