L ast February, debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set the skies of Europe ablaze before crashing down to Earth in Poland, ...

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

On the contrary, large parts of the globe are quite densely dotted with seismic sensors designed to detect earthquakes, and ...

Space debris is becoming an overwhelming problem. With operators increasingly sending satellites and other ...

Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong will extend their stay aboard the Tiangong space station after their capsule was hit by ...

A growing space debris problem leads scientists to use seismic sensors to follow sonic booms from uncontrolled reentries ...

Networks of seismometers pick up on vibrations of debris to map their trajectory on Earth.

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

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

Falling satellites and large orbital debris create massive sonic booms and scientists are using them to track dangerous space ...

(CNN) — Sometimes, what goes up doesn’t come back down — instead, it becomes a problem. Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, millions of pieces orbit the Earth, from broken satellites to ...

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the fifth in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...