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

Networks created to measure quakes deep underground could also track old, potentially dangerous satellites burning up in the ...

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

The method exploits the acoustic shockwaves produced when a returning object travels faster than the speed of sound. As these sonic booms strike the ground, they ...

When the Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-15 came back to Earth, its break-up in the atmosphere was tracked in an unusual way — by ...

Thunder from an earthquake and the roar of a jet feel worlds apart. Yet deep under your feet, both can leave nearly the same kind of trace. New research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks shows ...

Location of 29 seismological stations and 8,151 citizens' smartphones participating in the Earthquake Network (EQN) citizen science initiative on 8 June 2024 in the red zone of Campi Flegrei. The EQN ...

A false alert that warned of a 5.9 earthquake that didn't happen was triggered after multiple sensors in Nevada detected movement Thursday morning, according to U.S. Geological Survey officials.

On a quiet night in Susanville, California, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck about 9 miles from the small mountain town of ...