Every day, about three large fragments of decommissioned satellites and used rocket stages make their return into Earth's ...

Helium is inert, which makes it useful in a lot of different industries. But helium’s colorless and odorless non-reactivity ...

For people who are at high risk of developing breast cancer, frequent screenings with ultrasound can help detect tumors early. MIT researchers have now developed a miniaturized ultrasound system that ...

Scientists have discovered a method to track the movement of space debris falling into the atmosphere using seismic sensors ...

Space debris reentries are surging, and tracking systems fail when it matters most. Researchers found an unexpected solution ...

Thousands of discarded human-made objects are circling Earth, and when pieces of that space debris fall back to the surface, they can pose risks to ...

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

It’s tried repurposing a platform from its internal-combustion cars (for the EX40 and EC40, nee XC40 Recharge and C40 ...

On the contrary, large parts of the globe are quite densely dotted with seismic sensors designed to detect earthquakes, and ...

A growing space debris problem leads scientists to use seismic sensors to follow sonic booms from uncontrolled reentries ...

Space debris is an escalating concern. According to an April 2025 report from the European Space Agency, an estimated 1.2 ...