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

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can ...

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 ...

When astronomer Samantha Lawler got an email from a journalist in May 2024 saying that space junk may have landed in a farmer’s field an hour’s drive from her home in Regina, Saskatchewan, she was ...

The space above Earth is getting busier, and scientists say the risks are no longer confined to orbit.

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

Experts are sounding the alarm about escalating space debris concerns and the urgent plan designed to prevent catastrophic disruptions to worldwide communications. Space debris threatens satellite ...

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 ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft has delayed its return mission to Earth after the vessel was possibly hit by tiny bits of space debris, the country's human spaceflight agency ...

China's decision to delay the return of its Shenzhou 20 astronauts from the country's space station due to a possible space debris impact has led to yet another "stranded in space" state of affairs.