Space debris might sound like something from science fiction, but it's becoming a daily reality for our planet. Every hour of ...

Early risers got a glimpse of a celestial treat over the First Coast Saturday morning around 6:17 a.m. A satellite re-entered Earth's atmosphere, broke into many pieces, and burned up upon entry. This ...

Space junk and meteoroids are falling to Earth every year, posing a growing risk as they re-enter the atmosphere at high speeds. Researchers are using infrasound sensors to track these objects, ...

BEIJING, China -- China's defunct and reportedly out-of-control Tiangong 1 space station is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime this weekend. It poses only a slight risk to people and ...

NASA contracts Katalyst Space Technologies for $30 million to reposition the Swift space telescope and prevent its descent to Earth.

Scientists are studying how sensors designed to detect nuclear tests could help track space junk and meteorites crashing down in the world's most remote regions. Across the world, dozens of ...

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030 its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it ...

Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick ...

Scientists are studying tiny grains of space dust found in Arctic ice to learn how Earth’s climate has changed over time.

This photograph taken by an International Space Station astronaut shows a bright meteor from the Perseid meteor shower in Earth’s atmosphere. The brightest meteors are known as fireballs, or bolides ...