For example, Jupiter is the most massive planet in our solar system. It’s so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths. So it ...

Scientists are not sure how much metallic dust remained in the atmosphere after the most recent SpaceX rocket 'disassembly.' ...

Two space debris-related events that occurred this week point to how routine rocket launches can leave their mark on Earth.

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is flying two creatively named missions out of the Poker ... and electrons in Earth’s magnetosphere. A second mission will fire rockets into the dark spots ...

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

It is the latest in a long line of close calls involving China's Long March rockets, particularly the Long March 3B. The Long March 3B launches regularly from Xichang, a spaceport that was ...

“The rocket stage, weighing approximately 4 tons, came from the SpaceX Starlink Group 11-4 mission,” the agency said. One resident reports finding parts of the debris, possibly a pressure tank ...

Credit: Christopher Perry/NASA/Tribune News Service via Getty Images NASA plans to fly two rockets through ... between electrons and Earth's magnetic field. Each rocket will target a different ...

There are more than 30,000 hunks of junk floating above Earth ... flights were also delayed by up to six hours as a result of falling space junk. In the past seven years, the number of space ...

In its most impressive configuration, it was capable of carrying 130 tons of cargo to low-Earth orbit, and about 50 tons all the way to the Moon. There are presently two more powerful rockets in ...

The launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California happened at 6:07 a.m. PST, with the Falcon 9 rocket ... Earth orbit on a sunny afternoon after the private company's plans to fly ...