Space debris is a real hazard to life on Earth, a physics expert has warned, highlighting the dangers of falling space junk ...

The study published on Nature.com highlights the threat growing space exploration can cause humanity back on Earth ...

Space junk is anything that humanity has put into low Earth orbit that hasn't either fallen back to the planet or spun out into space—and there's a lot of it. Anncy Thresher, an assistant ...

Some high-density airspace regions could have as high as a 26% of being affected by an uncontrolled rocket body reentry.

Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of debris are also colliding, adding to the millions of smaller fragments which ...

Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected ...

A new study from the University of British Columbia reveals the growing danger of falling space debris striking an airplane.

A new study from researchers at UBC found that the chance of debris entering air space around major cities is as high as 26 per cent each year.

Pending international discussions on space traffic management, space debris removal, and limiting so-called space junk in Earth orbit could ... activities in and around moon orbits do not include ...

It is estimated that more than 2,300 rocket bodies remain in orbit around the Earth. There are precedents for space junk disrupting air travel. In 2022, for example, a falling 20-tonne fragment of ...

At the same time, the number of commercial flights operating around the world ... bodies orbiting earth just waiting to fall back in an uncontrolled manner. Space junk like this poses a real ...