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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

The Starlink satellite reentry sparked at least 62 fireball reports to the American Meteor Society, which shared images and ...

The primary space junk suspect was last spotted on December ... to a class of objects that is ill-tracked due to a lack of tracking stations close to the equator," he wrote.

The ongoing mystery over where the metallic ring came from highlights the growing risk of falling space debris, the origin of which can sometimes be hard to track. In March 2023, a two-pound ...

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

but he said this is the first time he’s aware of its use for tracking space debris. Fernando first tested the idea to track the controlled reentry of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in September ...