You might think the odds of a piece of space junk crashing down to Planet Earth and hitting you ... very important message ...

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

Researchers at the University of British Columbia analyzed global air traffic patterns against the projected re-entry paths of uncontrolled space debris.

As more spacecraft are launched, the risk increases that uncontrolled space debris - those without active guidance - will ...

Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...

And the rocket fell. It was “one of the largest pieces of debris re-entering in the near past,” EU Space Surveillance and Tracking said at the time. Spain closed part of its airspace along the ...

Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected ...

SPACE debris raining down on Earth is increasingly at risk of causing “catastrophic” collisions with aircraft, a damning new report has revealed. A sharp rise in the number of rocket ...

Space debris plummeting back to Earth could be a growing problem for aircraft, researchers warned in a new study. The study authors, all affiliated with Canada's University of British Columbia ...

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 ...

"In short, there is a 26 percent chance of an uncontrolled space debris reentry in busy airspaces such as the Northeastern United States or Northern Europe each year," Ewan Wright of the ...

SPACE debris raining ... jettisoned from the ISS crashed two floors into a Florida man's home. Homeowner Alejandro Otero claimed the cylindrical object nearly hit his son, and later sued Nasa ...