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Space.com on MSN2d
3 big hunks of space junk crash to Earth every day — and it's only going to get worse
Despite this incessant rain of junk battering the atmosphere, the amount of space debris increased over the course of 2024, ...
Nature29d
Space debris is falling from the skies. We need to tackle this growing danger
The quest to conquer Earth’s space junk problem These events are not isolated. Across the world, from Texas to Saudi Arabia, from Cape Town to the Amazon rainforest, objects launched into low ...
ExtremeTech9d
New Mini Documentary Reveals Just How Bad Space Junk Has Become
reveals the extent of the ever-growing space junk problem, plus mitigation techniques aimed at preventing it from getting completely out of control. Space Debris: Is It a Crisis? points to the ...
Maps.com on MSN1mon
Mapping What’s in Orbit and How it Got There
Most satellites and debris originate from ... those from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and ...
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Space Debris
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that the previous day's explosion of a SpaceX Starship spacecraft disrupted about 240 flights, with space debris concerns requiring more ...
Live Science on MSN4d
It's time to clean up space junk before orbits become 'unusable,' according to new ESA report
A new report released April 1 by the European Space Agency sheds light on space pollution surrounding our planet — how bad the problem is, and what we need to do to keep Earth orbits clean enough to ...