Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

Earthquake sensors are giving scientists a new way to track space junk as it falls back to Earth.

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.

Humanity has long wondered if we are being watched from the stars, but the answer might lie in our own exhaust fumes. As the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS moves through the inner Solar System, ...

Tens of thousands of human-made objects orbiting the Earth could pose a risk to life, infrastructure and the environment when they fall through the atmosphere. Typically the space debris is tracked ...

Born shortly after Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon in 1969, my journey into space exploration has been entirely self-taught. A military stay in Mururoa sparked my formal education in space ...

The development hasn’t been straightforward. Early versions of the algorithm struggled with shadows and confused driftwood for plastic bottles. We spent months refining the system through trial and ...

Falling satellites and large orbital debris create massive sonic booms and scientists are using them to track dangerous space junk.

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