THE NEIGHBORHOOD — We've all seen movies about space invaders. Sometimes, the aliens have strange, tentacle-like arms. Other ...

Two space debris-related events that occurred this week point to how routine rocket launches can leave their mark on Earth.

Year after year, humanity is setting new records for the amount of stuff we're sending into the Earth's orbit, spurred mostly ...

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

Researchers calculated both the odds of falling rocket debris disrupting air travel, but also colliding with an aircraft ...

Air traffic controllers now have something new to worry about: space junk. A report warns the risk of parts left over from a launch rocket or other debris plummeting into global flight paths is now 26 ...

We're getting more eyes (satellites) on the sky, but we're also creating an increasing amount of space junk that has scientists on edge. Space junk is anything that humanity has put into low Earth ...

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space, according to new research. While the probability of space junk striking an ...