Now, scientists have devised a clever new way to predict where the pieces may land.

Space debris entering the Earth’s atmosphere moves faster than the speed of sound and it's hard to predict where it will ...

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

Every year, thousands of discarded artificial satellites are orbiting the planet, with an increasing number falling back into ...

Earth's orbiting satellites are commonly regarded as if they were suspended in mid-air. It is a fact that they actually ...

The safety concern continues to increase into 2026 as researchers at the University of British Columbia predicted in a study published early 2025 that there will be a 26% chance space debris will fall ...