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Streaks of light were space junk, planetarium director believes
Southeast Wisconsin was glowing and buzzing Tuesday night as the skies lit up across the Great Lakes region with fiery ...
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Space junk 'in the millions' orbiting at 18,000mph could pose 'genuine threat' to life
A space physics expert has warned that debris falling from the sky could cause major damage and even kill people.
‘Space junk:' What were the objects streaking across the night sky in Chicago suburbs?
Did you see it? Some in the western suburbs of Chicago Tuesday, including Yorkville and Wadsworth, reported seeing objects ...
Space junk 'in the millions' could cause 'genuine threat' to life on Earth
A space physics expert has warned that space debris orbiting the Earth and travelling at 18,000mph could cause a 'genuine ...
ESA's Plan to Reach Zero Space Debris Calls For Global Collaboration
The ESA has released the Zero Debris Technical Booklet to elucidate the challenges to a zero-debris future and propose ...
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Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem
An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.
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Why We Need to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in Space
Just as we are reckoning with how to conserve ecosystems on Earth for future living creatures, we must think of space as an ...
American Astronomical Society Calls On Nations To Ban Advertising In Space
The American Astronomical Society is calling on all nations to ban advertising in space that can be seen from the ground. Their concern is that "obtrusive ...
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Mysterious Blobs, Green Monsters and the Space Junk Crisis
Our February issue covers new Alzheimer’s guidelines, teens’ transcendent thinking, Neandertal DNA in all of us, and more ...
Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.
Study finds that Earth's small asteroid visitor is likely a chunk of moon rock
A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...
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Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem
As satellites reach the ends of their missions, they turn into dangerous debris that could collide with other orbiting ... for space would be a transformative step in safeguarding one of Earth's ...