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

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

Detergent bottles and other litter can travel thousands of miles across the ocean before washing up on the remote Island of Kaho'olawe in Hawaii. JPL ...

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

The International Space Station is approaching its final years in orbit, and planning for its controlled return to Earth is ...

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

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 trajectories, according to new research.

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 sensors used to listen for earthquakes could help protect people from the hazards created by falling spacecraft.