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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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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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Over half a million chunks of space trash could jeopardize space travel - but Europe has a plan to save it
The objective of RemoveDEBRIS is just that. Demonstrate how we could remove space debris that's clu…
Nathaniel Lee
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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…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A Chinese satellite seems to have collided with a piece of a Russian rocket in March - the first big space crash in a decade
A Chinese satellite mysteriously broke apart earlier this year. A Harvard astronomer realized that …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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These are the countries on Earth with the most junk in space
But, of the manmade items in space that are larger than your fist, orbiting satellites are a minori…
Dave Mosher,Andy Kiersz
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More than 14,000 hunks of dangerous space junk are hurtling around Earth - here's who put it all up there
The more objects there are in orbit - especially large, uncontrolled space stations, used rocket pa…
Dave Mosher,Samantha Lee
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SpaceX executive says the Starship rocket system could help clean up the 760,000 pieces of space junk in orbit
As well as accommodating 100 passengers and carrying heavy payloads, SpaceX's Starship rocket could…
Kate Duffy
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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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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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'Unknown' space debris almost flew within 1 mile of the International Space Station. As junk builds up in orbit, the danger of collisions is growing.
An astronaut and two cosmonauts had to hunker down in a Russian spaceship attached to the ISS while…
Susie Neilson
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How to properly clean your keyboard without damaging it, whether it's wired, wireless, or built into a laptop
You can easily clean your keyboard using rubbing alcohol, wipes, cotton swabs, and a lint-free clot…
Devon Delfino
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Russia says a growing problem in space could be enough to spark a war
If one of those pieces smashed into a military satellite it "may provoke political or even armed co…
Jessica Orwig
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This 1-minute visualization on space junk reveals a serious problem
Space junk accumulates because we don't clean up after ourselves. Instead of returning defunct sate…
Jessica Orwig
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A dead NASA space telescope and an old Air Force satellite have a 1-in-10 chance of colliding over Pittsburgh on Wednesday, and people on the ground may see it
If the space-junk problem gets extreme, a disastrous chain of collisions could spiral out of contro…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A mysterious piece of space junk nicknamed 'WTF' could help protect humanity from itself
Scientists aren't sure if the 2-meter-wide object is a space rock or possibly debris from a rocket,…
Kelly Dickerson,Jessica Orwig
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A spacecraft graveyard exists in the middle of the ocean - here's what's down there
Such satellite collisions are rare but do happen; one occurred in 1996, another in 2009, and two in…