but he said this is the first time he’s aware of its use for tracking space debris. Fernando first tested the idea to track the controlled reentry of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in September ...

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

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

As the years pass, humanity is sending more junk into space than ever before and scientists are on edge because […] ...

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is ... Amy Brown The research broke down the risks depending on regions of airspace by tracking the highest density of air traffic using 2023 data.

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, ...

but we're pretty good at tracking the larger pieces, so we at least get a warning when stuff comes down," Thresher says. The more serious threat is the space junk that stays up in low Earth orbit ...