As the number of satellites in orbit explodes, the amount of hardware eventually plunging back through the atmosphere is ...

Now, scientists have devised a clever new way to predict where the pieces may land.

Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their ...

Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous ...

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better ...

The second edition of the Space Debris 2026 Conference officially commenced today. Organized by the Saudi Space Agency (SSA), ...

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong will extend their stay aboard the Tiangong space station after their capsule was hit by ...