As global numbers of space launches relentlessly skyrocket, so, too, does the amount of dangerous space debris that reenters ...

Space debris is an escalating concern. According to an April 2025 report from the European Space Agency, an estimated 1.2 ...

Damaged Shenzhou-20 spacecraft survives reentry, Shenzhou-23 arrives at spaceport China’s damaged Shenzhou-20 spacecraft ...

Watch plasma build up around SpaceX Starship during its atmospheric re-entry. Credit: SpaceX ...

Networks created to measure quakes deep underground could also track old satellites burning up in the atmosphere above, Johns ...

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

After more than two decades of continuous service in orbit, the International Space Station (ISS) is set to make its final ...

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning into their sonic booms.

Starlink's new FCC approval for 7,500 more satellites aims to boost service and capacity for millions. But at what cost?

No one in NASA’s Artemis II crew had been born when astronauts last ventured into deep space for the final Apollo program ...