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

Year after year, humanity is setting new records for the amount of stuff we're sending into the Earth's orbit, spurred mostly ...

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

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

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

A new paper by University of British Columbia researchers paints a stark picture of the risks of space debris on commercial ...

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

B.C. researchers have found there is a 26 per cent chance space junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy ...

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

operational risks" than those posed by the falling space debris. "The incident highlighted, among other things, a lack of preparation for this eventuality and a lack of harmonization of responses ...

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 ...