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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...
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 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...
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...
'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· 6 months agoArtist's illustration of space junk orbiting Earth. Close to seven decades after the launch of...
As space junk threat grows, government and investors seek solutions
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA growing swarm of debris in space has led the U.S. government to attempt to set new space hygiene...
Some space junk just got smacked by more space junk, complicating cleanup
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIt's even more cluttered up there than it looks. Having already done a decent job of it here on...
We need more rules for space junk and moon bases, NASA and US officials say
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoartist's impression of satellite dishes on the moon's surface with the earth in the background New...
Exploding space junk puzzles California sky watchers
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoMysterious, golden streaks lit up the sky across southern California early on Tuesday morning, leaving at least one viewer asking: "Dude, what was that?"...