Even in space, what goes up sometimes comes back down: spent rocket stages, defunct satellites and other bits of space debris ...

Illustration of a satellite burning up as it reenters Earth's atmosphere. Illustration of a satellite burning up as it reenters Earth's atmosphere The sky is littered with metal pollution from bits of ...

A falling asteroid over the English Channel gave skywatchers quite the show in the early morning hours of Monday, February 13. The asteroid hit Earth's atmosphere, falling from the sky at roughly 4 ...

Around 11 miles above Earth’s surface, leftover bits from rockets and spacecraft are lingering in our planet’s atmosphere that could potentially have a lasting effect on the climate. A group of ...