The second edition of the Space Debris 2026 Conference officially commenced today. Organized by the Saudi Space Agency (SSA), ...

In late 2025, scientists reported that for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on ...

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

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

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

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

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better ...

As the threat of falling spacecraft increases, using earthquake sensors to detect the effects of their sonic booms could ...

By mapping areas where seismometers in southern California detected sonic booms, researchers at Johns Hopkins University and ...

Scientists have found a way to track when and where space junk crashes on earth. FOX 13's Dave Osterberg reports.

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