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

The U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an passenger jet near Washington, D.C., had an advanced surveillance system turned off.

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

Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...

Scientists are not sure how much metallic dust remained in the atmosphere after the most recent SpaceX rocket 'disassembly.' ...

Space junk is a major threat with millions of debris pieces now in orbit. Risks range from minor collisions reducing the ...

As more spacecraft are launched, the risk increases that uncontrolled space debris - those without active guidance - will ...

Midwesterners who were out for a nighttime stroll Tuesday saw something a bit unusual in the sky as falling satellite debris ...

People across southern Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, reported seeing a bright streak of matter shooting across the sky ...

The space debris problem won't solve itself. We've been kicking the can down the road for years as we continue launching more rockets and payloads into space. In the last couple of years ...

the development and uptake of optical and radio tracking aids, and a longer list of additional developments. The Technical Booklet summarizes our problem: Space Debris requires standardized methods to ...