What actually happens to a spacecraft during its fiery last moments? That's the key question for the European Space Agency's ...

Every year, thousands of discarded artificial satellites are orbiting the planet, with an increasing number falling back into Earth’s atmosphere. Most of these objects will be destroyed before they ...

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

Los Alamos scientists have developed a novel method using shockwaves from sonic booms to track objects entering Earth's ...

GOLDEN, CO — The surge in megasatellite constellations is creating problems beyond amplifying the Earth-circling space debris, according to new research. Reentering spacecraft and rocket stages may ...

Researchers present a novel way to track errant space debris as it falls to Earth in near-real-time, according to a new study. Their method uses ground-based seismic sensors. Over the last several ...