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

Space junk falling out of orbit and crashing toward Earth is a growing threat. Indeed, old satellites and spacecraft parts reenter our planet’s atmosphere more than three times a day. When these ...

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 ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning into their sonic booms. Scientists ...

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 ...

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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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning into their sonic booms. Scientists ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning into their sonic booms. Scientists ...