A space physics specialist has raised concerns regarding the dangers of orbiting space debris, which is zooming around Earth at high velocities and could pose a significant threat to human safety.

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

A space physics expert has warned that space junk orbiting around the Earth and flying at 18,000mph could pose a genuine threat to those on the planet below. Nottingham Trent University’s Dr Ian ...

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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.

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 ...

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 ...