There's a 26 per cent annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a recent study. While the chance of debris hitting an aircraft ...

Some high-density airspace regions could have as high as a 26% of being affected by an uncontrolled rocket body reentry.

There's a 26% annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a UBC study. The study is published in the journal Scientific Reports.

A study from Canada has found a 26 per cent annual chance that space debris will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a ...

Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's ...

The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going ...

Researchers who have done the math say the risk of debris from rockets hitting aircraft, while still low, is only going to increase. "The consequences could be catastrophic," the researchers said in ...

SPACE debris raining down on Earth is increasingly at risk of causing “catastrophic” collisions with aircraft, a damning new report has revealed. A sharp rise in the number of rocket ...

Rising space debris reentries pose growing risks to aviation, with falling rocket remnants and unpredictable impacts ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said it "briefly slowed and diverted aircraft around the area ... that we can't fly in the area when the rocket re-entry is taking place. We're in contact ...