SpaceX rocket set to depart Christmas Island for Texas aboard specialist recovery vessel
Like a certain extraterrestrial, SpaceX’s Starship 40 is set to depart its adopted safe harbour of Christmas Island…
Point Nemo is so remote that astronauts can be closer than people on Earth, yet its surrounding waters are a cemetery for spacecraft
There is a stretch of the South Pacific Ocean so remote that the closest people to it are…
A Ton Of Space Junk Returns To Earth Weekly As Rocket Launches Rise: Report
The amount of space junk falling back to Earth is increasing as more rockets and satellites are launched…
Astronomers Found a Hidden Swarm of Space Junk Threatening Earth’s Most Valuable Orbit
Earth’s geosynchronous orbit (GEO) holds some of the most valuable satellites that carry out tasks for phones, television,…
Astronomers are finding space junk too small to track, and it’s getting dangerous
The satellites that run your weather forecasts, your television, and a significant portion of global communications all occupy…
SpaceX Space Junk Could Crash Into The Moon In August, Scientist Says
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and ispace’s Resilience lunar landers, streaks into orbit…
The new space race: how satellites are reshaping Germany’s defence
As the world’s security landscape changes, space is no longer seen simply as a domain for research and…
Space junk may threaten flight delays as satellites crowd Earth’s orbit
While a flight delay or diversion because of bad weather sounds routine, what about a delay caused by…
Bright light blazing across Victorian skies believed to be Starlink satellite debris
Keen-eyed observers across Victoria have been stunned by a bright, large object seen blazing through the skies overhead…
Study shows how earthquake monitors can track space junk through sonic booms
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors…
will it take a catastrophe for nations to take the issue seriously?
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‘I’ve never seen it presented this way’
Space junk is perhaps a silly-sounding name, and while it’s not new, the rise of private aerospace firms…