Space junk is a major threat with millions of debris pieces now in orbit. Risks range from minor collisions reducing the ...

A space physics expert has warned that debris falling from the sky could cause major damage and even kill people.

Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's ...

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

Scientists are not sure how much metallic dust remained in the atmosphere after the most recent SpaceX rocket 'disassembly.' ...

Following the explosive failure of the Starship megarocket’s January 16 test flight, residents of the British territory were ...

As more spacecraft are launched, the risk increases that uncontrolled space debris - those without active guidance - will ...

Space law academic states recent misidentification of asteroid—it was a Tesla Roadster heading to Mars!—reminds Earth dwellers that Elon Musk's pranks have consequences.

The KSA director general said it was lucky that no significant damage was done when the object hurtled to Earth. "The ...

One Alabama woman was rudely awoken from a nap in 1954 when a meteorite came through her roof and hit her, leaving a big ...

There are billions of pieces of space junk orbiting Earth, and more than 25,000 of those pieces are larger than 10 cm. Though small, these pieces are travelling fast and can cause significant damage ...

Just as we are reckoning with how to conserve ecosystems on Earth for future living creatures, we must think of space as an ...