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Photos show the 1,000 pounds of space debris that crash landed in Kenya. It's unclear who it belongs to.
when a two-pound piece of debris slightly smaller than a soda can fell from the International Space Station, crashing through a family's roof in Florida. The family is suing NASA over the incident.
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.
Exploring Earth’s Edge: How NASA’s TES-22 Is Tackling Space Debris and the Thermosphere
NASA's TES-22 CubeSat launched with tech that speeds up satellite deorbiting to clear space debris. It carries technology to ...
Fire destroys Starship on its seventh test flight, raining debris from space
The third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
Scientists from NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), which tracks asteroids and space debris, calculated the motion of 2024 PT5 and determined it was truly a space rock ...
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Space and Astronomy
By Robin George Andrews Scientists studying samples that NASA collected ... into the “space vehicle mishap” on Thursday night that forced commercial flights to divert and caused debris to ...
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Could a meteorite hit you? How often they fall to Earth, according to experts
The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA. Those ...
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Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem
Artwork showing two of the potential dangers of low-Earth orbit: space debris and solar flares. | Credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library ... led by experts from NASA's Jet Propulsion ...