What Is Space Junk, and What Can Be Done About It?
This is how debris finds itself languishing in space—and what some organizations are doing to mitigate the problem.
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Massive piece of space junk crashes into village in Kenya — and officials still have no idea where it came from
A 1,100-pound metal ring from a rocket smashed in to a Kenyan village, where it startled residents and flattened trees ...
A Half-Ton Piece of Space Junk Falls Onto a Village in Kenya
No one was hurt by the object, believed to be part of a launch rocket. Experts say the frequency of such incidents is ...
Burning space junk weighing 500kg crash lands in Kenyan village
A red-hot piece of space debris that weighs half a tonne plummeted to Earth this week, landing in a remote Kenyan village.
What is the Kessler Syndrome? How space junk has become an orbital threat
All of this adds up to the likelihood, the ESA warns, that a theoretical scenario known as the Kessler Syndrome could become ...
As the amount of junk in space magnifies, space agencies warn future missions could be in danger
The amount of space junk has magnified over the years, leading to more collisions and threats to future space missions.
A Mysterious Half-Ton Piece Of Space Junk Crashed Into A Village In Kenya
A half-ton piece of space junk crashed into a Kenyan village this week. Initial reports from the Kenya Space Agency were ...
Massive Chunk Of Possible Space Junk Weighing Over 1,000 Lbs Crashes In Kenyan Village
Talk about a close call: a large metal ring suspected to be space debris, measuring around 8 feet wide and weighing 1,100 lbs ...
Mysterious half tonne metal ring crash lands on Earth as experts sound the alarm over growing ‘space junk’
A LARGE glowing ring of metal plummeted on a village in Kenya on Monday, in a shocking reminder of Earth’s looming space ...
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Space trash in low-Earth orbit threatens the global internet and astronaut missions
Space debris threatens satellites and astronauts, highlighting the urgency to prevent cascading collisions in orbit.
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Is Space Junk A Increasing Issue?
A surveillance camera shakes as a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocks the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities. Can we pretend that derelict satellites in the night sky ...