Can ocean-floor mining oversights help regulate space debris and mining on the moon?
Mining ocean resources needed for electric cars and other devices is currently a hot issue of dispute. Final resolution of ...
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Falling space debris is a growing worry for aircraft, new research suggests
Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's ...
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Space junk flying at 18,000mph 'is a genuine threat to life on Earth', expert warns
Space debris is a real hazard to life on Earth, a physics expert has warned, highlighting the dangers of falling space junk ...
The runaway debris threat to space technology | FT Tech
Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of ...
Earthquake sensors could help track a different threat: Falling space debris
As more spacecraft are launched, the risk increases that uncontrolled space debris - those without active guidance - will ...
Earth’s Mini-Moon Mystery Solved: It’s a Chunk of the Moon
For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...
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Why We Need to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in Space
Just as we are reckoning with how to conserve ecosystems on Earth for future living creatures, we must think of space as an ...
Streaks of Light Likely a Result of Burning Space Debris
NASA estimates that there are nearly 6,000 tons of space junk in low Earth orbit, moving around our planet at speeds up to 18,000 mph. Most space debris is from human-made objects like pieces of ...
Astronomers Call for Global Ban on Space Advertising Before It’s Too Late
Space advertising is not currently a problem, but the enterprise needs to be smothered before it has a chance to grow, ...
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What will it take to reach zero space debris?
"For space objects which fail to de-orbit themselves for whatever reason ... though they claim that it was at such a low altitude that the debris would quickly burn up in Earth's atmosphere. However, ...
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Space debris seen burning up over West Michigan skies
A clearing in the clouds Tuesday night allowed people in West Michigan to catch a stunning display overhead as space debris ...
Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an ...