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

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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 ...

A new paper by University of British Columbia researchers paints a stark picture of the risks of space debris on commercial ...

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 ...

A new study from researchers at UBC found that the chance of debris entering air space around major cities is as high as 26 per cent each year.

The new study found there's a 26% chance the threat of space junk could shut down a crowded airspace in Europe, Asia or North ...

There's a 26% annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, ...

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

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