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

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

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

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

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of ...

Researchers calculated both the odds of falling rocket debris disrupting air travel, but also colliding with an aircraft ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Space debris is a real hazard to life on Earth, a physics expert has warned, highlighting the dangers of falling space junk ...