Falling hardware from orbit used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, as launch rates surge and commercial aviation ...

Even in space, what goes up sometimes comes back down: spent rocket stages, defunct satellites and other bits of space debris ...

Space junk and meteoroids are falling to Earth every year, posing a growing risk as they re-enter the atmosphere at high speeds. Researchers are using infrasound sensors to track these objects, ...

Researchers warn that flights could face delays or cancellations due to a 26 per cent risk of falling space debris forcing ...

This photograph taken by an International Space Station astronaut shows a bright meteor from the Perseid meteor shower in Earth’s atmosphere. The brightest meteors are known as fireballs, or bolides ...