THE NEIGHBORHOOD — We've all seen movies about space invaders. Sometimes, the aliens have strange, tentacle-like arms. Other ...
Since Elon Musk sent a Tesla Roadster in space in 2018, cars made on Earth by humans have made their entrance onto the intergalactic stage. For all you alien readers out there, we created this ...
And the rocket fell. It was “one of the largest pieces of debris re-entering in the near past,” EU Space Surveillance and Tracking said at the time. Spain closed part of its airspace along the ...
some experts warn that space debris poses a significant risk to us down on Earth. Now, scientists have calculated the chance that falling rocket junk could enter the airspace, potentially striking ...
There is a one in four chance that a rocket debris could fall into a busy flight path, according to a new study. There is very little chance that any of that space junk could actually hit a plane.
Space debris plummeting back to Earth could be a growing problem for aircraft, researchers warned in a new study. The study authors, all affiliated with Canada's University of British Columbia ...
They calculate that the odds of a passenger being killed by space debris in any given year are 1 in 2,200. This is likely to be a conservative estimate as it only considers the risk of falling ...
The breakthrough research discovered over 2,300 rocket bodies are currently in orbit, and there's a 26% chance of uncontrolled space debris entring busy airspace every year. The study, published ...
The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going to get worse as interplanetary traffic and commercial airline flights ...