Space debris is a real hazard to life on Earth, a physics expert has warned, highlighting the dangers of falling space junk and calling for companies like SpaceX to take action.

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...

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After these collisions, the junk doesn't simply go flying off into space. Instead, it is trapped by Earth's gravity, and wraps like a belt around Earth, cluttering up our path to space.

The issue was highlighted after the SpaceX Starship mission last month, which caused debris to fall over the Atlantic Ocean near Turks and Caicos.

Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of debris are also colliding, adding to the millions of smaller fragments which ...

Sky junk? When the U.S. turned up the sensitivity of its radar detection systems last week, it found a bevy of balloons and drones lolling around in ... From our morning news briefing to a weekly ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication ... bells over the growing quantities of space debris hurtling around Earth. According to the European Space Agency, there ...

NASA is testing new robot grippers that could one day remove space debris and help repair satellites in Earth’s orbit. On ...