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'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· 4 months agoCurrent methods of tracking space junk in Earth's orbit only follow objects bigger than a softball....
Colliding space junk makes 'noise' that could be heard from Earth
Space via Yahoo News· 4 months agoArtist's illustration of space junk orbiting Earth. Orbital smashups cause tiny pieces of space junk...
With space junk littering Earth's orbit, the U.S. is creating the playbook on clearing some of it
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoThe U.S. government is taking legal steps to limit the amount of space junk — the cloud of dangerous...
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...
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...
Orbiting debris trackers could be a game changer in space junk monitoring
Space via Yahoo News· 7 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· 9 months agoODIN Space's demonstration team confirmed their new debris sensor successfully recorded acoustic...
Space junk is causing problems — and experts think it’s just the start. Why it matters
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoHigh above the surface of our blue and green planet, millions of pieces of space debris zoom through...
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...
Vyoma is the latest player seeking to prevent satellite collisions with space junk
TechCrunch· 2 years agoAs you might’ve heard, it’s getting a little crowded in space, between thousand-satellite...