Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm ...

What happens when a relic of the early Space Age unexpectedly outshines the cosmos, even for a fleeting instant? In June 2024 ...

Space junk, also known as space debris, includes defunct satellites, rocket stages, and fragments from collisions or ...

A midday flash of light across the Southeast was likely a meteor, with debris potentially damaging a home in McDonough, ...

Multiple reports have come in from across the Carolinas about a possible meteor or fireball falling from the sky.

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...

The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.

A NASA satellite that went silent nearly 60 years ago has shocked scientists by suddenly firing off one of the most powerful ...

Astronomers are puzzled by a strong burst of radio waves traced back to a NASA satellite that had been inactive since the ...

Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of ...

A NASA instrument aboard the International Space Station has detected contamination from Mexican sewage that spilled into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California. Why It Matters ...

New observations of the “city killer” asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with the Earth indicate it will miss the planet but strike the Moon and pose “potential danger” to satellites.