Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their ...

By mapping areas where seismometers in southern California detected sonic booms, researchers at Johns Hopkins University and ...

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

As the threat of falling spacecraft increases, using earthquake sensors to detect the effects of their sonic booms could ...

Falling satellites and large orbital debris create massive sonic booms and scientists are using them to track dangerous space ...

Seismometers - equipment designed to pinpoint earthquakes - are now being used to track the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit. Some of those items pose a risk to ...

Objects in orbit that fall to Earth can pose a risk to life and infrastructure. Research outlines a new method to follow ...

Williams wasn’t injured by this mysterious item, which she later learned came from a space rocket—making her the first person ...

The sensors used to listen for earthquakes could help protect people from the hazards created by falling spacecraft.

Despite decades of warnings, governments and private companies have continued launching missions with little plan for what ...

The first emergency operation in the history of China's human spaceflight program ended on Jan. 19 when an uncrewed Shenzhou ...

Space debris falling to Earth is a growing threat to aircraft, and experts are trying to reduce the risk.