Space debris is a real hazard to life on Earth, a physics expert has warned, highlighting the dangers of falling space junk ...

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

The call today is for binding rules to protect the orbits of Earth, Moon, and Mars from space debris contamination. Initiatives need to be formulated for effective, sustainable, and equitable ...

There's a new race in space, but it's not where you might think. It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, ...

Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected ...

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

A new study from researchers at UBC found that the chance of debris entering air space around major cities is as high as 26 per cent each year.

Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of debris are also colliding, adding to the millions of smaller fragments which ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

As the number of flights around the world grows and the amount of junk in space rises, the chances of a collision between the two is only increasing ...

Pending international discussions on space traffic management, space debris removal, and limiting so-called space junk in Earth orbit could ... activities in and around moon orbits do not include ...