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Colliding space junk makes 'noise' that could be heard from Earth
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoArtist's illustration of space junk orbiting Earth. Orbital smashups cause tiny pieces of space junk...
'Lightning-like energy bursts' could be used to track the 99% of space junk that can't be seen from...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCurrent methods of tracking space junk in Earth's orbit only follow objects bigger than a softball....
More lunar missions means more space junk around the moon. Two scientists are building a catalog to...
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoScientists and government agencies have been worried about the space junk surrounding Earth for...
Space debris could be dealt with more cheaply than previously thought, new NASA report suggests
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoArtist's illustration of space junk orbiting Earth. A new report by NASA outlines the most promising...
New space junk project aims to detect and monitor 'untrackable' objects
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoArtist's illustration of space junk orbiting Earth. Close to seven decades after the launch of...
How can we protect satellites in Earth-moon space? This new software could help
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe moon seen from the Artemis 1 Orion capsule on Dec. 5, 2022, near the end of the mission. As the...
Orbiting debris trackers could be a game changer in space junk monitoring
Space via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTiny devices on satellites could soon track small pieces of space debris that are invisible to...
The UK's ODIN Space just aced its 1st space junk tracking system test in orbit
Space via Yahoo News· 12 months agoODIN Space's demonstration team confirmed their new debris sensor successfully recorded acoustic...
Space debris that crashed in Australian farmland is likely from SpaceX, astrophysicist says
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe astrophysicist Brad Tucker said this was a piece of space junk likely from the SpaceX Crew-1...
Space Trash Signs project creates debris 'constellations' to highlight space junk problem (video)
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe Space Trash Signs project has created "constellations" made of defunct satellites and old rocket...