L ast February, debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set the skies of Europe ablaze before crashing down to Earth in Poland, ...

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.

Two scientists have developed an innovative technique that analyzes data collected by terrestrial seismic sensors to monitor ...

Scientists found a new way to track falling space debris using earthquake sensors, helping improve safety and response time.

When large satellites crash to Earth, we have so far been largely blind to their trajectory. This could change thanks to ...

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

Every year, thousands of discarded artificial satellites are orbiting the planet, with an increasing number falling back into Earth’s atmosphere. Most of these objects will be destroyed before they ...

Space debris is becoming an overwhelming problem. With operators increasingly sending satellites and other ...

A way of accurately tracking potentially deadly space junk as it falls to Earth has been devised. Seismometers usually used ...

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