What Is Space Junk, and What Can Be Done About It?
This is how debris finds itself languishing in space—and what some organizations are doing to mitigate the problem.
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Space junk has become a very big problem in low-Earth orbit
Space debris threatens satellites and astronauts, highlighting the urgency to prevent cascading collisions in orbit.
What is the Kessler Syndrome? How space junk has become an orbital threat
All of this adds up to the likelihood, the ESA warns, that a theoretical scenario known as the Kessler Syndrome could become ...
Mysterious half tonne metal ring crash lands on Earth as experts sound the alarm over growing ‘space junk’
A LARGE glowing ring of metal plummeted on a village in Kenya on Monday, in a shocking reminder of Earth’s looming space ...
As the amount of junk in space magnifies, space agencies warn future missions could be in danger
The amount of space junk has magnified over the years, leading to more collisions and threats to future space missions.