Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, according to new research.
NASA satellites catch Earth's magnetic field making music
Scientists measured a chorus wave emerging from an unexpected place, and confirmed a key piece of a theory about how these ...
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Earth's missing elements were lost in violent collisions during formation
New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...
Falling space junk is becoming a growing concern for commercial aircraft
Now, scientists have calculated the chance that falling rocket junk could enter the airspace, potentially striking an ...
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 ...
Why it’s good for NASA that an asteroid carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...
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Growing oceanic network hunts universe’s ‘ghost particles’
Diplomatic Courier editor Jeremy Fugleberg brings you three under–the–radar stories from the Hinterlands: scientists search ...
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How much did SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 explosion pollute the atmosphere?
Scientists are not sure how much metallic dust remained in the atmosphere after the most recent SpaceX rocket 'disassembly.' ...
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Space junk flying at 18,000mph 'is a genuine threat to life on Earth', expert warns
Space debris is a real hazard to life on Earth, a physics expert has warned, highlighting the dangers of falling space junk ...
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Saturn’s Rings Are Disappearing—But They’ll Be Back
Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...
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A half-ton metal ring fell from the sky in Kenya. The country’s space agency confirmed what many suspected
A metallic ring weighing over 1,100 pounds crashed near Nairobi, sparking wild theories about its origin. With millions of ...
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Why We Need to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in Space
This illustration shows ClearSpace-1 capturing the debris with robotic arms. The mission will aim to drag the rocket part down to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere. A circular space economy would ...