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Space junk is causing problems — and experts think it’s just the start. Why it matters
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHigh above the surface of our blue and green planet, millions of pieces of space debris zoom through...
Kayhan Space is making orbit safer with timely, automatic collision warnings for satellites
TechCrunch· 2 years agoThe orbital economy is heating up, but the infrastructure that supports it is starting to creak....
A dead Russian spacecraft almost collided with a NASA satellite. The crash could have sent 7,500...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA simulated image of a satellite collision and the resulting debris.ESA / ID&Sense / ONiRiXEL, CC...
Colliding space junk makes 'noise' that could be heard from Earth
Space via Yahoo News· 5 months agoArtist's illustration of space junk orbiting Earth. Orbital smashups cause tiny pieces of space junk...
Performing evasive maneuvers increases satellites' collision risk down the road
Space via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTrying to avoid satellite collisions in orbit increases the risk of future collisions in the...
Orbiting debris trackers could be a game changer in space junk monitoring
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTiny devices on satellites could soon track small pieces of space debris that are invisible to...
With space junk littering Earth's orbit, the U.S. is creating the playbook on clearing some of it
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoThe U.S. government is taking legal steps to limit the amount of space junk — the cloud of dangerous...
'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· 5 months agoCurrent methods of tracking space junk in Earth's orbit only follow objects bigger than a softball....
New space junk project aims to detect and monitor 'untrackable' objects
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoArtist's illustration of space junk orbiting Earth. Close to seven decades after the launch of...
Some space junk just got smacked by more space junk, complicating cleanup
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIt's even more cluttered up there than it looks. Having already done a decent job of it here on...