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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Space debris is becoming an overwhelming problem. With operators increasingly sending satellites and other ...

Researchers present a novel way to track errant space debris as it falls to Earth in near-real-time, according to a new study. Their method uses ground-based seismic sensors. Over the last several ...