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What Happens When Space Junk Falls Back to Earth

Space debris might sound like something from science fiction, but it's becoming a daily reality for our planet. Every hour of ...

When space junk comes home

Early one February morning in 2025, Adam Borucki discovered something extraordinary behind his warehouse in Poland: a charred ...
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Space junk falling to Earth needs to be tracked. Meteoroid sounds can help

This photograph taken by an International Space Station astronaut shows a bright meteor from the Perseid meteor shower in Earth’s atmosphere. The brightest meteors are known as fireballs, or bolides ...

Ominous silence over damage to spaceship hit by floating junk leaving astronauts STUCK in orbit… what could happen next

THREE Chinese astronauts stuck in orbit after being hit with fragments of space debris may be forced to deploy “plan B” to ...
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Space junk & human greed: ‘The Dirty Sky’ sounds alarm on orbital pollution

We have polluted everything — our rivers, seas, air, mountains. The only thing left was the sky. But it too is now dirty,” ...

A giant inflatable bag could catch asteroids and space junk

California-based TransAstra is testing an inflatable “Capture Bag” that comes in different sizes and is intended to catch ...
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Sensors designed to detect nuclear detonations can help track space debris falling to Earth

Scientists are studying how sensors designed to detect nuclear tests could help track space junk and meteorites crashing down in the world's most remote regions. Across the world, dozens of ...