When a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FLORIDA TODAY's Craig Bailey ...

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is peaking. Experts say expect to see 10 to 15 meteors per hour in ideal viewing conditions ...

Even though it was small, it officially became a piece of space junk. In November 2008, while on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper accidentally ...

had to raise its orbit on Wednesday to reduce the risk of being struck by a piece of space junk. The maneuver was carried out at 6:10 p.m. ET by firing the thrusters on the docked Progress 91 ...

While the limits of space may be debated, the total amount of debris in orbit near Earth is not. Space exploration and travel by the population of Earth have resulted in millions of pieces of ...

The source of the Eta Aquarids is debris from Halley’s comet. When these fast-moving space rocks enter Earth’s atmosphere, the debris encounters new resistance from the air and becomes very ...