Even in space, what goes up sometimes comes back down: spent rocket stages, defunct satellites and other bits of space debris are falling back into Earth's atmosphere with increasing regularity. And ...

Falling hardware from orbit used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, as launch rates surge and commercial aviation ...

The safety concern continues to increase into 2026 as researchers at the University of British Columbia predicted in a study ...

Space junk is raising safety concerns for aircraft, with a 2025 study warning of a 26% chance debris could pass through busy ...

As more and more satellites go into orbit, concerns are growing about the odds of aircraft colliding with space debris re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. Three pieces of space junk fall into the ...

An out-of-control NASA satellite that is dead in space will plunge back to Earth in the next few weeks, but exactly when and where the spacecraft will fall are still a mystery, space agency and ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Fiery space debris lit up the night sky over the Golden State on Thursday, sparking hundreds of reports from residents and leaving many to wonder what they had witnessed. The ...

It is always fun to see a "shooting star" or "falling star" blaze across the sky. Falling stars are more properly called meteors. They literally consist of debris from outer space typically the size ...

A new threat targeting Starlink satellites in orbit could have serious consequences for other satellites, too, affecting Ukraine and other countries.