Even in space, what goes up sometimes comes back down: spent rocket stages, defunct satellites and other bits of space debris ...
Falling hardware from orbit used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, as launch rates surge and commercial aviation ...
The safety concern continues to increase into 2026 as researchers at the University of British Columbia predicted in a study ...
In the early morning hours of February 19, 2025, a bright object streaked through the skies above western Europe. The mysterious, flaming hunk of metal traveled for several hours before smashing into ...
Researchers warn that flights could face delays or cancellations due to a 26 per cent risk of falling space debris forcing ...
You might think space as a vast emptiness. But according to the European Space Agency, it's getting incredibly crowded – at least around our planet. A European Space Agency report released April 1 ...
SpaceX's Starship exploded after spinning out of control during its eighth launch to space. An amateur astronomer took a stunning video of Starship spiraling and falling from space in flames. The ...
BEIJING, China -- China's defunct and reportedly out-of-control Tiangong 1 space station is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime this weekend. It poses only a slight risk to people and ...
An out-of-control NASA satellite that is dead in space will plunge back to Earth in the next few weeks, but exactly when and where the spacecraft will fall are still a mystery, space agency and ...