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 ...

have sounded the alarm on the bell on the consequences of collision between space debris and an aircraft. The team looked at worldwide flight data, model distributions of planes in the sky and ...

Scientists predict that there are currently more than 30,000 pieces of space junk orbiting above the Earth, and some are large enough to make their way back down to dry land with little warning.

Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's atmosphere can create a collision risk with aircraft in flight.

The resulting model showed just how likely a hurtling ... per cent chance someone on the ground will get hit by falling space junk — a prospect made plain to Canadians last year when a suspected ...