Some high-density airspace regions could have as high as a 26% of being affected by an uncontrolled rocket body reentry.

There's a 26% annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a UBC study. The study is published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Astronomers are trying to understand a mysterious cosmic explosion that the Einstein Probe spacecraft spotted in April last year.

"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink ...