A 23-ton piece of rocket debris is currently making its way back to Earth at a roaring speed of 18,000 miles per hour. But don’t panic: The risk this piece of left-over rocket poses to people is ...

The odds dictate that such debris will likely fall in the ocean, since seas cover about 70% of Earth's surface. But terra firma has welcomed Long March 5B debris before.

Space.com says that how long a piece of space debris takes to fall back to Earth depends on its altitude and that debris left in orbits below 370 miles normally fall back to Earth within a period ...

The newest piece of big Chinese space junk will fall back to Earth around the end of the month, experts predict. The object in question is the roughly 25-ton (22.5 metric tons) core stage of the ...

Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm ...

Debris from massive Chinese booster rocket could fall to Earth early next week By Kathleen Magramo , Katie Hunt and Kristin Fisher , CNN Updated 4:42 AM ET, Thu July 28, 2022 ...

And while no humans have ever been killed by space debris falling back through Earth's atmosphere, the chance is non-zero. ( A recent paper estimated about a 10 percent chance of one or more ...

According to Ars Technica, experts have warned that there are now too many variables at play when it comes too predicting how space junk will now fall back to Earth. As a result, the risks of ...

The debris was from a Long March 5B rocket which was used to launch a module to China’s new space station on Sunday, July 24. The first stage of this rocket entered the atmosphere on Saturday ...

Every once in a while, a piece of space junk hurtles through the atmosphere and crashes into Earth. Just last month, a 23-ton chunk of space debris fell – safely, thankfully – into the south ...

We know it’s a problem, and many are working on solutions that could help the junk fall back to Earth. Now, though, a controversial new paper warns that falling space junk could actually weaken ...

Space.com says that how long a piece of space debris takes to fall back to Earth depends on its altitude and that debris left in orbits below 370 miles normally fall back to Earth within a period ...