Experts say the sight of satellites burning up on re-entry to the atmosphere will become more common as more man-made objects are launched.

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A network of Cold War-era infrasound sensors can help scientists reconstruct trajectories of falling space objects.

The world was watching the skies as Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972, made an uncontrolled re-entry into ...

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It is now cheaper and easier to get stuff into space, and the consequences of this space rush are not fully understood. There ...

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