Some high-density airspace regions could have as high as a 26% of being affected by an uncontrolled rocket body reentry.

Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's ...

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, according to new research.

Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected ...

Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...

The call today is for binding rules to protect the orbits of Earth, Moon, and Mars from space debris contamination. Initiatives need to be formulated for effective, sustainable, and equitable ...

Now, scientists have calculated the chance that falling rocket junk could enter the airspace, potentially striking an ...

The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going ...

There's a 26 per cent annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a recent study. While the chance of debris hitting an aircraft ...

The probability of space debris crashing in particularly crowded airspace is 26 percent per year. The risk could be reduced.

A new study by Canadian researchers published in Scientific Reports notes the risk of such an incident occurring is rising ...