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Did you experience wonky broadband service recently? A broken satellite in space might have something to do with it!
An unknown event in geostationary orbit on October 19, 2024, has led to the fragmentation of the In…
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President Murmu voices concern over increasing space debris
"Space debris can cause problems for space missions," she said during the event at Bharat Mandap…
PTI
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SpaceX Dragon Capsule debris as big as a car hood crash-landed in North Carolina. It's part of a major space trash problem.
Humans are launching more stuff in space than ever before and we don't have the right models to pre…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Stranded in space: Sunita Williams shares her experience LIVE from the International Space Station
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore addressed Earth live from the ISS. They were launched …
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Scientists want to use a self-consuming rocket to help control the space junk problem
Researchers at the University of Glasgow announced they've designed a rocket engine that eats its o…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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20 Starlink satellites rained down on Earth yesterday; turbulent space weather doomed mission recovery
SpaceX faced a setback in its Starlink project as 20 satellites were lost due to a malfunction duri…
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Space debris continued to be a big problem in 2021 and it’s only going to get worse
This isn’t the only incident of the year though as there have been quite a few instances of spac…
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Space Invaders, IRL: Japanese startup to zap space junk with ground-based laser beams!
EX-Fusion is an Osaka-based startup with a plan that's as audacious as it is ingenious: zapping spa…
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The time in 1978 when a Soviet nuclear-powered satellite crashed into Canada and scattered radioactive debris everywhere
Almost 50 years ago, a nuclear-powered satellite crashed, leading to an extensive cleanup effort. I…
Chris Panella
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A dead Russian spacecraft almost collided with a NASA satellite. The crash could have sent 7,500 bits of debris rocketing around Earth.
A dead Russian spacecraft almost crashed into a NASA satellite. The collision would have sent debri…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn L…
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Space debris that crashed in Australian farmland is likely from SpaceX, astrophysicist says
The debris, which was scattered across several fields, was scarred with scorch marks and had serial…
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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Russia pushes the International Space Station away from '90s US rocket debris — the 2nd space-junk scare this week
NASA and Roscosmos have to move the International Space Station away from debris that orbits Earth …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The trash in outer space makes way for a new kind of map
The increasing amount of trash and debris left over from rocket launches and left over zombie s…
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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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Europe is setting an example on how to clean up outer space — using a harpoon
The program, led by University of Surrey’s Guglielmo Aglietti, on Friday shot a harpoon at a s…
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Increasing space exploration missions are posing a silent threat to Earth by dispersing toxic metals in the stratosphere
Advancements in technology and growing private interest have resulted in a surge in space missions,…
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Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak is starting a mysterious space company called Privateer, possibly to clean up debris
Steve Wozniak didn't say what Privateer would do, but a press release suggested it was focused on "…
Kate Duffy
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Elon Musk says Starlink satellites have had to dodge debris from Russia's anti-satellite missile test
Russia blasted one of its satellites with a missile on November 15, creating new debris in orbit an…
Jake Epstein,Morgan McFall-Jo…
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A magnetic spacecraft that can attract dead satellites has entered orbit - a test in a new effort to clean up space junk
Millions of bits of junk rocket around Earth faster than bullets, threatening to collide with satel…