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Kepler supernova exploded 400 years ago but hasn’t slowed down — and two pieces of debris are headed towards Earth
The star known as Kepler exploded in a fiery supernova over four centuries ago, but the resulting b…
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A Millennium Falcon-shaped comet heading toward Earth is so bright you'll able to see it with your naked eye, say astronomers
The comet, known as Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, abruptly brightened 100-fold on July 20 as plumes of deb…
Ellie Zolfagharifard
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ESA satellite Sentinel-1A dodges a 'high-risk collision' from Russian space debris
"On Monday, for the first time, we performed a set of manoeuvres to avoid a high-risk collision wit…
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A huge rocket from China's space-station launch could fall back to Earth totally uncontrolled
China plans 10 more launches to build its space station by the end of 2022. It's not clear whether …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Europe wants to use a suicidal robot to clean up space — one satellite at a time
A four-armed robot — the Chaser — will launch into space and drag space debris back to Earth in a b…
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Chinese rocket’s ‘massive’ splashdown in the Atlantic is biggest since 1991, says Harvard astrophysicist
China is no stranger to rockets falling out of the sky. In fact, its villages are used to raining r…
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Two satellites might be headed for a collision — and there's no way to stop them
The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and the Gravity Gradient Stabilisation Experiment (GG…
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A secret Russian satellite has broken apart in orbit, creating a cloud of debris that could last a century
Russia kept the Kosmos 2499 satellite's mission a secret, even after its bizarre maneuvers drew att…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Space debris from a Russian missile test could disrupt Elon Musk's Starlink project to beam the internet from orbit
As the debris from the anti-satellite test spreads around the world, it could knock some of the sat…
Marianne Guenot
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US says Russia 'recklessly' destroyed a satellite with a missile, creating debris that could threaten the International Space Station
The test created 1,500 larger, trackable pieces of debris and hundreds of thousands of smaller piec…
Ryan Pickrell
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Titanic International Society head says it might be time to stop people visiting the wreck altogether
A Titanic research group's head said of the submersible implosion: "Just as Titanic taught the worl…
Sinéad Baker
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Astronomers photographed a possible 'mini-moon' orbiting Earth - though it might just be space debris
Astronomers were able to create the composite photograph of the mini-moon above - which shows it as…
Holly Secon
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A piece of space debris punched a tiny hole in the International Space Station, damaging a robotic arm
Scientists monitor more than 23,000 pieces of space junk that could threaten satellites and the spa…
Aylin Woodward
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A European astronaut says the risk of the uncontrolled Chinese rocket hitting a home is like getting hit by lightning - and if it did, people would only get a few hours' warning
The risk "should be kept as close to zero as possible," ESA astronaut and Interagency Coordinator T…
Marianne Guenot
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China says the rocket heading toward Earth uncontrolled will mostly burn up when it reenters the atmosphere, suggesting it won't harm anyone
China's Long March 5B rocket took off on April 29, and a big chunk is now heading back to Earth in …
Sinéad Baker
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NASA crashes DART spacecraft into an asteroid, testing a tactic to bump space rocks away from Earth
NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to knock it off its path. It's the first te…
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Marianne Gu…
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A mysterious chunk of space debris called 'WTF' is headed straight for Earth
Because of its highly eccentric orbit, some experts think the object could be a residual rocket sta…
Jessica Orwig
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An asteroid half the size of Mount Everest is set to fly past Earth in April — but it's not going to end the planet
Bigger than most average asteroids, normally a few feet in size, the asteroid does not pose a th…
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No other asteroid is going to get closer to Earth in the next decade than the one set to fly by on September 1
Many asteroids come and go but most keep their distance from Earth as they fly past. Now one daring…