L ast February, debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set the skies of Europe ablaze before crashing down to Earth in Poland, ...

Space debris entering the Earth’s atmosphere moves faster than the speed of sound and it's hard to predict where it will ...

Earthquake sensors are giving scientists a new way to track space junk as it falls back to Earth.

Williams wasn’t injured by this mysterious item, which she later learned came from a space rocket—making her the first person ...

Whitehall officials are tracking debris from a Chinese rocket hurtling towards Earth, though the government says it is 'extremely unlikely' to hit Britain ...

Falling satellites and large orbital debris create massive sonic booms and scientists are using them to track dangerous space junk.

Researchers have discovered that the same sensors used to detect earthquakes are the key to tracking the growing swarm of space junk plummeting toward Earth.

Space debris is becoming an overwhelming problem. With operators increasingly sending satellites and other ...

By mapping areas where seismometers in southern California detected sonic booms, researchers at Johns Hopkins University and ...

A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and anti-satellite missile testing. These fragments—some as small as grains of ...

With each new spacecraft launched, the risk of orbital collisions grows. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hundreds of satellites ...