What is space junk and why does it pose an increasing risk for Earth? An expert explains
Year after year, humanity is setting new records for the amount of stuff we're sending into the Earth's orbit, spurred mostly ...
Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...
Scientists sound alarm on rising odds of space junk striking airplanes
Researchers at the University of British Columbia analyzed global air traffic patterns against the projected re-entry paths of uncontrolled space debris.
Earthquake sensors could help track a different threat: Falling space debris
As more space junk is falling to Earth uncontrolled, scientists are using seismometers to track the debris.
Growing risk of ‘catastrophic’ collisions between planes and thousands of rockets dumped in space, experts warn
SPACE debris raining down on Earth is increasingly at risk of causing “catastrophic” collisions with aircraft, a damning new ...
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OMG! Too Much of Space Junk
Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...
UBC researchers say space junk has increasing potential to disrupt air travel
Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected ...
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Space debris is cluttering our orbit. Can falling space junk hit a plane?
And the rocket fell. It was “one of the largest pieces of debris re-entering in the near past,” EU Space Surveillance and Tracking said at the time. Spain closed part of its airspace along the ...
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Risk of falling space junk impacting planes is growing, researchers warn
Space debris plummeting back to Earth could be a growing problem for aircraft, researchers warned in a new study. The study authors, all affiliated with Canada's University of British Columbia ...
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Falling space junk poses growing threat to aviation, warns B.C. researcher
The new study found there's a 26% chance the threat of space junk could shut down a crowded airspace in Europe, Asia or North ...
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Earthquake sensors could help track a different threat: Falling space debris
The chance of getting hit by space junk The Shenzhou-15 ... a Dragon spacecraft returning to Earth from the International Space Station. Debris from a different Chinese rocket in 2020 damaged ...