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

You might think the odds of a piece of space junk crashing down to Planet Earth and hitting you are incredibly small - or ...

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

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

The satellite internet technology has been a game changer for people in rural areas, but scientists are concerned about crowded skies and potential climate consequences.

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, ...

Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected ...

“There are plenty of cases of people’s property being hit by space debris,” said Fernando. But he said there have been no reports yet of people being hit by falling debris. Thousands of ...

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 ...

And the rocket fell. It was “one of the largest pieces of debris re-entering in the near past,” EU Space Surveillance and Tracking said at the time. Spain closed part of its airspace along the ...

Starlink is the name of a satellite network developed by the ... said at the European Space Agency's space debris conference that the union was calling on the United Nations to protect pristine ...