Scientists have tested a laser-powered mass spectrometer on Earth to detect fossilized microbes in minerals similar to those ...

The number of artificial satellites orbiting the Earth has increased exponentially in recent years, from under 1000 in 2010 ...

Scientist is proud to have led "the first astrobiology study to involve Algeria," and believes that his findings are a major step towards finding evidence of life on Mars.

Forget climate change or another global pandemic, scientists fear a giant asteroid that could destroy an area the size of ...

Crews continuing to search for debris from the deadly collision of a ... Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and equipped with laser scanning technology flew at low altitudes over the crash ...

B.C. researchers have found there is a 26 per cent chance space junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy airspace filled with passenger jets — including Metro Vancouver. The resulting ...

B.C. researchers have found there is a 26 per cent chance space junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy airspace filled with passenger jets — including Metro Vancouver.

some experts warn that space debris poses a significant risk to us down on Earth. Now, scientists have calculated the chance that falling rocket junk could enter the airspace, potentially striking ...

There is a one in four chance that a rocket debris could fall into a busy flight path, according to a new study. There is very little chance that any of that space junk could actually hit a plane.

Space debris plummeting back to Earth could be a growing problem for aircraft, researchers warned in a new study. The study authors, all affiliated with Canada's University of British Columbia ...