Researchers calculated both the odds of falling rocket debris disrupting air travel, but also colliding with an aircraft ...

NASA is testing new robot grippers that could one day remove space debris and help repair satellites in Earth’s orbit. On ...

A new study from the University of British Columbia reveals the growing danger of falling space debris striking an airplane.

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

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.

Southeast Wisconsin was glowing and buzzing Tuesday night as the skies lit up across the Great Lakes region with fiery ...

Shenzhou-19 astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze sent their Spring Festival greetings from China's Tiangong ...

The Federal Aviation Administration activated a Debris Response Area, which it said is used if a space vehicle's debris falls outside identified hazard areas. Success is uncertain, but entertainme ...

Mission commander Cai and Song completed multiple tasks before returning to the Wentian module airlock, according to China's human spaceflight agency, including the installation of space debris ...

There are around 2,200 abandoned rocket bodies in orbit — and since what comes up must come down, more and more space debris is crashing down on Earth. There are great benefits from satellites ...

Even the International Space Station often has to adjust its orbit to dodge debris. Currently there are more than 25,000 pieces of trackable human-made junk larger than 10 centimeters orbiting Earth.

Space environmentalist Moriba Jah warns that the amount of space junk orbiting our planet is rising fast, and if we don’t act soon, space will become unusable, taking with it technology we’ve ...