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

Researchers who have done the math say the risk of debris from rockets hitting aircraft, while still low, is only going to ...

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

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

Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's ...

There's a 26 per cent annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a recent study. While the chance of debris hitting an aircraft ...

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