Risk of falling space junk impacting planes is growing, researchers warn
Some high-density airspace regions could have as high as a 26% of being affected by an uncontrolled rocket body reentry.
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What Is Space Junk and Is It a Problem?
Space junk is a major threat with millions of debris pieces now in orbit. Risks range from minor collisions reducing the ...
Falling space junk poses a growing risk to traveler safety — and could harm the economy, experts warn
The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going ...
Earthquake sensors could help track a different threat: Falling space debris
As more space junk is falling to Earth uncontrolled, scientists are using seismometers to track the debris.
Can ocean-floor mining oversights help regulate space debris and mining on the moon?
Mining ocean resources needed for electric cars and other devices is currently a hot issue of dispute. Final resolution of ...
Growing risk of ‘catastrophic’ collisions between planes and thousands of rockets dumped in space, experts warn
SPACE debris raining down on Earth is increasingly at risk of causing “catastrophic” collisions with aircraft, a damning new report has revealed. A sharp rise in the number of rocket ...
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OMG! Too Much of Space Junk
Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...
International Space Station visible to the naked eye tonight: Know when and where to spot this cosmic event
The International Space Station (ISS) will be visible over India, especially Mumbai and Pune, at 7:23 PM tonight. It will ...
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The complex end of the ISS: the largest space structure ever built
By 2030, we will face an unprecedented situation: the first major space station in history will cease to exist. But what ...
SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast
SpaceX successfully sent 21 more Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit with a launch from Central Florida's Space Coast ...
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Earthquake sensors could help track a different threat: Falling space debris
SpaceX said they were likely to have broken off from a Dragon spacecraft returning to Earth from the International Space Station. Debris from a different Chinese rocket in 2020 damaged villages in ...