Scientists predict that there are currently more than 30,000 pieces of space junk orbiting above the Earth, and some are large enough to make their ... both instances, no plane was hit by the ...

Scientists have identified a new threat to air travel — space junk ... It turned out that Denver, Colorado had the busiest airspace in this study, with one plane in the air for every seven ...

Air traffic controllers now have something new to worry about: space junk. A report warns the risk of parts left ... Air traffic controllers shouldn’t have to make snap judgments about what parts of ...

The study authors, all affiliated with Canada's University of British Columbia, said that the probability of space debris hitting an airplane is small, but the risk is rising due to increases in ...

There are more than 30,000 hunks of junk floating above Earth ... But I guess for some space launch companies, the trash is out of sight and out of mind.