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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Space junk falling out of orbit can be a threat -- now scientists say they have found a new way to track it as it speeds through ...

Proof-of-principle experiment resolved the shock waves produced by the Shenzhou-15 module when it re-entered the atmosphere ...

Researchers have discovered that the same sensors used to detect earthquakes are the key to tracking the growing swarm of space junk plummeting toward Earth. As the orbital highway becomes ...

CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Orion Space Solutions (Orion), a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcfield, announced today a follow-on subcontract from Advanced Space to support Phase 2 of ...

Seismometers - equipment designed to pinpoint earthquakes - are now being used to track the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit. Some of those items pose a risk to ...

It’s one extraordinary thing to launch the product of mankind’s brilliant minds into the cosmos, but it’s another to keep track of it long after the mission ends. We’ve explored before how important ...

Scientists tracked lithium pollution from a SpaceX Falcon 9 reentry in real time, linking rocket debris to atmospheric changes using LIDAR measurements over Europe.

Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous objects in near real time.