Now, scientists have devised a clever new way to predict where the pieces may land.

Photo courtesy of Rome, Wisconsin Police Department Dozens of area residence saw a long lasting streak of sparks in the night ...

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their ...

As the threat of falling spacecraft increases, using earthquake sensors to detect the effects of their sonic booms could ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better ...

Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous ...

As the number of satellites in orbit explodes, the amount of hardware eventually plunging back through the atmosphere is ...

Scientists have just found a new way to track the uncontrolled reentry of falling space junk. As they punch into the ...

This new method could provide real-time data on falling space debris, increasing safety and allowing authorities to take ...

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

The safety concern continues to increase into 2026 as researchers at the University of British Columbia predicted in a study published early 2025 that there will be a 26% chance space debris will fall ...