As rockets soar into the cosmos, a hidden danger lurks above us. Space debris, remnants of our celestial ambitions, threatens ...

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, according to new research.

Some high-density airspace regions could have as high as a 26% of being affected by an uncontrolled rocket body reentry.

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 ...

As more space junk is falling to Earth uncontrolled, scientists are using seismometers to track the debris.

Several recent aviation incidents, including engine fires and devastating airplane accidents occurring back to back in recent ...

The probability of space debris crashing in particularly crowded airspace is 26 percent per year. The risk could be reduced.

An undated artistic rendering shows an asteroid or comet striking near the Moon's south pole about 3.8 billion years ago, an ...

Following the explosive failure of the Starship megarocket’s January 16 test flight, residents of the British territory were left with debris-strewn roads and beaches.

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

The chance of getting hit by space junk The Shenzhou-15 module is one of many objects that have uncontrollably hurtled to Earth in recent years. In 2022, NASA and European Space Agency officials ...