A space physics expert has warned that debris falling from the sky could cause major damage and even kill people.

Speaking to WINK news, Mr Otero said ... making Ms Williams the only person thought to have been hit by falling space junk. Luckily it was only a glancing blow, and she lived to tell the ...

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A space physics expert has warned that space debris orbiting the Earth and travelling at 18,000mph could cause a 'genuine ...

The issue of space junk has risen in tandem with increased ... He told CBS Fort Meyers, Fla., affiliate WINK-TV that his son called him about the crashing object while he was on vacation.

"In 2024, we saw a 17% year-over-year spike in the average number of close approaches in low Earth orbit per satellite." ...

The Kenya Space Agency identified a "red-hot" eight-foot metal ring as a piece of space junk. Experts are still torn about ...

A space physics expert has warned that space junk orbiting around the Earth and ... reported the BBC. Speaking to Wink-TV, Alejandro Otero said the piece of debris, later determined to be part ...

Credit: NASA There’s a whole lot of junk orbiting Earth ... sound,” he told Florida’s WINK News, “and [the object] almost hit my son.” As far as space exploration goes, 2024 was ...

NASA According to the European Space Agency (ESA), more than 170 million pieces of space junk are currently orbiting Earth. But what is that debris exactly, and how did it get there? Is the ...

Spacefaring countries have for decades been sending thousands upon thousands of satellites and other objects into orbit, where they have become an integral component of modern society. From ...

The issue of space junk has risen in tandem with increased ... He told CBS Fort Meyers, Fla., affiliate WINK-TV that his son called him about the crashing object while he was on vacation.