Space debris entering the Earth’s atmosphere moves faster than the speed of sound and it's hard to predict where it will ...

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 ...

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

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

Space debris might sound like something from science fiction, but it's becoming a daily reality for our planet. Every hour of every day, chunks of old satellites and rocket parts plummet through our ...

A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and anti-satellite missile testing. These fragments—some as small as grains of ...

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

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

The safety concern continues to increase into 2026 as researchers at the University of British Columbia predicted in a study published early 2025 that there will be a 26% chance space debris will fall ...

Big asteroid heading for Earth, cue the dramatic music. Well, it’s not just Hollywood stuff. Scientists are constantly ...