The new study found there's a 26% chance the threat of space junk could shut down a crowded airspace in Europe, Asia or North ...

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

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

Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...

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

Talk about a potentially explosive issue. The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes ...

You might think the odds of a piece of space junk crashing down to Planet Earth and hitting you are incredibly small - or ...

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 ...

A clearing in the clouds Tuesday night allowed people in West Michigan to catch a stunning display overhead as space debris ...

The probability of space debris crashing in particularly crowded airspace is 26 percent per year. The risk could be reduced.

NASA estimates that there are nearly 6,000 tons of space junk in low Earth orbit, moving around our planet at speeds up to 18 ...