L ast February, debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set the skies of Europe ablaze before crashing down to Earth in Poland, ...

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

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

Earthquake sensors are giving scientists a new way to track space junk as it falls back to Earth.

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

Every year, thousands of discarded artificial satellites are orbiting the planet, with an increasing number falling back into Earth’s atmosphere. Most of these objects will be destroyed before they ...

When large satellites crash to Earth, we have so far been largely blind to their trajectory. This could change thanks to ...

Networks of seismometers pick up on vibrations of debris to map their trajectory on Earth.

Scientists found a new way to track falling space debris using earthquake sensors, helping improve safety and response time.

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

In A Nutshell Thousands of existing seismic stations worldwide can now help locate falling satellites before hazardous ...