Seismometers - equipment designed to pinpoint earthquakes - are now being used to track the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit. Some of those items pose a risk to ...

It can even alert occupants of a moon base if there is radioactive debris to hit the lunar surface.

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 ...

Debris from moonbound spacecraft has left craters on the lunar surface since the U.S. Apollo missions. But the moon is not ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning into their sonic booms. Scientists ...

CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Orion Space Solutions (Orion), a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcfield, announced today a follow-on subcontract from Advanced Space to support Phase 2 of ...

It’s one extraordinary thing to launch the product of mankind’s brilliant minds into the cosmos, but it’s another to keep track of it long after the mission ends. We’ve explored before how important ...

Thousands of satellites are being launched into space at low Earth orbit, joining hundreds of thousands of pieces of space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning into their sonic booms. Scientists ...