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Space junk orbiting the Earth
20 Feb 2024 16:09 GMT
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Tool bag joins space litter: Why space community is losing sleep over junk orbiting Earth?
13 Nov 2023 10:26 GMT
Litter is not just a terrestrial problem, it seems. International space agencies, governments and the space community around the world are increasingly worried over the 170 million pieces of junk swirling around the earth's orbit.It can be in the form …
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Toolbags, a spatula and rocket debris: the space junk orbiting the earth is almost at tipping point
09 Nov 2023 16:45 GMT
ClearSpace and other companies are developing satellites able to grab big pieces of space debris and safely dispose of them. “We have a giant claw, basically,” says Holmes. “We go and grab the bits and pull them down… into the top of the atmosphere so they …
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Terrifying Orbital Debris: A Map of Space Junk Orbiting Earth
08 May 2023 18:51 GMT
It is hard to believe that there is a huge amount of space debris floating above our heads, and all these “time bombs”, as some of them call it, have been stuck in low Earth orbit in less than 75 years.
And with more and more satellites being launched …
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The 'ticking time bombs' floating above YOU right now: Terrifying interactive map reveals the space junk orbiting Earth - as experts warn it could come raining down at any point
08 May 2023 09:46 GMT
From spent rocket boosters to dead Soviet spy satellites, the sheer volume of space junk floating above our heads is scarcely believable.
What's even harder to comprehend is that these 'ticking time bombs', as some of the debris has been dubbed …
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'Junk Orbit' Gets a Makeover
08 Mar 2023 16:31 GMT
… release an updated version of Junk Orbit, a science fiction board game … , into retail in July 2023.
Junk Orbit, a delivery game where players …
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If space is the ultimate frontier how do you explain all the rubbish?
18 Mar 2024 06:55 GMT
… , with over 1m pieces of junk orbiting earth. London can be at … one million pieces of ‘space junk’ orbiting the earth. Space debris threatens … be a million pieces of junk orbiting the earth. Once we find …
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Controversial paper claims satellite 'megaconstellations' like SpaceX's could weaken Earth's magnetic field and cause 'atmospheric stripping.' Should we be worried?"…
13 Mar 2024 19:09 GMT
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There is much more space junk orbiting Earth today (right) than there …
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A newly-launched spacecraft will clean up space junk orbiting Earth. Here's how it works
24 Mar 2021 06:09 GMT
Not only do we humans struggle to manage our trash on Earth — it's a problem in outer space too.
According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the total mass of all the man-made space objects in Earth's orbit is more than 9,200 metric tons. …
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What do we do with all the Space Junk Orbiting the Earth
18 Jun 2020 07:51 GMT
It turns out that with all the things we’ve launched into orbit around the earth, a lot of it is now junk just circling the earth and getting in the way. And if we don’t do something about it, this pollution could, in time, prevent us from launching new …