This is how debris finds itself languishing in space—and what some organizations are doing to mitigate the problem.

A metal fragment believed to have come from a rocket has returned to Earth, falling in an African country last week. The ...

No one was hurt by the object, believed to be part of a launch rocket. Experts say the frequency of such incidents is ...

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A huge, red-hot object fell from the sky into a Kenyan village on Monday afternoon according to local residents cited by the ...

The object was determined to be a separation ring from a rocket, weighing over 1,000 pounds and eight feet in diameter.

Space debris like this is designed to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.Citizen TV via Reuters The agency ... These millions of bits of debris are racing around our planet faster than a bullet. It's ...

On December 30, 2024, a metallic ring believed to be part of a rocket launch vehicle crashed in Mukuku village, Kenya. The ...

Also called space debris, space junk is comprised of non-operational satellites and other human-made objects that continue to hurtle around Earth's orbit long after they served their purpose.

Kenyan officials said Wednesday they were investigating fragments of metal, believed to be from a rocket, that crashed into a ...

Earth’s orbit is crowded with junk. And that’s a major problem.

Is the accumulation of space junk even a problem ... and Atmospheric Administration's NOAA-19 continues to trot around Earth despite its mission's demise in 2016. As with satellites, the upper ...