When Sir Keir Starmer left for Beijing earlier this week, he probably didn’t imagine that a Chinese rocket would be ...

Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their trajectories, according to new research.

L ast February, debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set the skies of Europe ablaze before crashing down to Earth in Poland, ...

Now, scientists have devised a clever new way to predict where the pieces may land.

When a defunct Russian imaging satellite suddenly shattered in orbit, astronauts on the International Space Station were ordered into their return capsules and told to brace for impact. The incident, ...

We have launched all manner of satellite and machinery into low-Earth orbit. But what goes up must come down. Most often, these items burn up in the atmosphere upon re-entry, which isn’t good for air ...

Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous ...

Space debris is becoming an overwhelming problem. With operators increasingly sending satellites and other ...

Space debris consists of defunct man-made objects that orbit Earth, including satellites, spent rocket stages & other fragments.

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the fifth in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...

A recent event involving a Russian satellite, the Luch/Olymp, which appears to have disintegrated in orbit, has raised ...