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

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

Researchers at the University of British Columbia analyzed global air traffic patterns against the projected re-entry paths ...

The study published on Nature.com highlights the threat growing space exploration can cause humanity back on Earth ...

What’s more, even the smallest chunk of a rocket or satellite that’s burning up could bring a plane down – making it ...

We've yet to see a falling piece of space debris strike an airplane, but if it happens, the consequences would almost ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called the damage “significant” but said there were no signs of radiation leaks. A ...

The ‘city killer’ asteroid (possibly) heading our way might spare us and slam into the Moon instead, scientists said. The ...

AST SpaceMobile made history in April 2023 by completing the first two-way phone call via space on an unmodified cellphone. This milestone was achieved using its low Earth orbit satellite ...

Carved out from Japanese satellite giant SKY Perfect JSAT this year, Orbital Lasers is building a system that will use laser energy to stop the rotation of space junk by vaporizing small parts of ...

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...