Thousands of satellites are being launched into space at low Earth orbit, joining hundreds of thousands of pieces of space ...

A way of accurately tracking potentially deadly space junk as it falls to Earth has been devised. Seismometers usually used to detect earthquake activity can pinpoint sounds of space debris entering ...

Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of space debris – and what we need to do about ...

The satellite, launched 14 years ago, will make an uncontrolled re-entry Tuesday evening. NASA puts the risk of harm to ...

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Currently, one of those now-defunct spacecraft might be plummeting toward the planet’s surface. Days ago, the U.S. Space ...

India’s space programme has built a reputation for precision, efficiency, and steady progress over the decades. From ...

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. As the orbital highway becomes ...

After 14 years in orbit, Nasa’s Van Allen Probe A satellite is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere. How big a threat is ...

Seismometers — equipment designed to pinpoint earthquakes — are now being used to track the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth’s orbit. Some of those items pose a risk to ...

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments already listening to the Earth itself. By tapping into networks of ...