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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....
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...
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...
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...
The UK's ODIN Space just aced its 1st space junk tracking system test in orbit
Space via Yahoo News· 10 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...
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...
58 Facts About Space That Will Either Fascinate You Or Keep You Pondering All Night
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years ago1.Anytime you look up at the sky, you are seeing the universe as it was in the past. If we look at...
Nearly 30,000 objects are hurtling through near-Earth orbit. That’s not just a problem for space
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn low-earth orbit, objects can collide at around 23,000 miles an hour, enough for even the tiniest...