Year after year, humanity is setting new records for the amount of stuff we're sending into the Earth's orbit, spurred mostly ...

Researchers calculated both the odds of falling rocket debris disrupting air travel, but also colliding with an aircraft ...

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...

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

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

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

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

But as space commercialisation grows, so does the problem of space debris. A recent incident in Kenya, where space debris reportedly fell to Earth, has reignited critical discussions about ...

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.

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 ...