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 ...

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

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

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

Scientists found a new way to track falling space debris using earthquake sensors, helping improve safety and response time.

Objects in orbit that fall to Earth can pose a risk to life and infrastructure. Research outlines a new method to follow ...

Researchers have discovered that the same sensors used to detect earthquakes are the key to tracking the growing swarm of space junk plummeting toward Earth.

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

Scientists have just found a new way to track the uncontrolled reentry of falling space junk. As they punch into the ...

A growing space debris problem leads scientists to use seismic sensors to follow sonic booms from uncontrolled reentries ...

When large satellites crash to Earth, we have so far been largely blind to their trajectory. This could change thanks to technology from earthquake research.