Researchers who have done the math say the risk of debris from rockets hitting aircraft, while still low, is only going to increase. "The consequences could be catastrophic," the researchers said in ...

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

A 10-year-old boy has been making a “miraculous” recovery after he protected his younger sister from the flying debris of a medical transport plane that crashed in Philadelphia last week.

Scientists estimate SpaceX’s Starship Flight 7 explosion may have released harmful metal oxides and nitrogen oxides into the ...

There's a 26% annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a UBC study. The study is published in the journal Scientific Reports.

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft is set to launch on February 26, embarking on a mission to detect water hidden in lunar ...

And it's unclear when — or even if — much will be rebuilt. That's particularly come into question as U.S. President Donald ...

The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

Under the SBIR project, Momentus plans to use a Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) system it has developed using internal R&D funds and use an optical sensor, infrared sensor, and a Lidar ...

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