Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Space junk falling out of orbit can be a threat -- now scientists say they have found a new way to track it as it speeds through ...

Falling hardware from orbit used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, as launch rates surge and commercial aviation rebounds, researchers say the odds that a piece of space junk will cross paths ...

Space junk falling out of orbit and crashing toward Earth is a growing threat. Indeed, old satellites and spacecraft parts reenter our planet’s atmosphere more than three times a day. When these ...

Space junk falling out of orbit and crashing toward Earth is a growing threat. Indeed, old satellites and spacecraft parts reenter our planet’s atmosphere more than three times a day. When these ...