Earth is surrounded by millions of pieces of space junk, which pose a constant threat to future space exploration ...

The Kenyan villagers surprised by falling satellite debris heralding a new year full of surprises.

On December 30, a mysterious 1,100-pound object in the shape of a massive, 8-f00t metal ring, reportedly fell from the sky, ...

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

A 1,100-pound metal ring from a rocket smashed in to a Kenyan village, where it startled residents and flattened trees ...

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

Officials said they were investigating fragments of metal, believed to be from a rocket, that crashed into a village in the ...

It was an ordinary day for the residents of Mukuku village in Kenya's Makueni County – until an unexpected delivery from ...

shattering into 50 pieces and joining the estimated 130 million bits of "space junk" in the Earth's orbit. The increasing amount of debris has heightened fears about the "Kessler syndrome".

Talk about a close call: a large metal ring suspected to be space debris, measuring around 8 feet wide and weighing 1,100 lbs ...