Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of ...
The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going ...
Space debris is a real hazard to life on Earth, a physics expert has warned, highlighting the dangers of falling space junk ...
Space junk is a major threat with millions of debris pieces now in orbit. Risks range from minor collisions reducing the ...
The Tokyo-based satellite broadcaster is developing the technology jointly with ... damage or knock out satellites. Debris-clearing orbiters to catch space junk with wires or nets are also ...
Mining ocean resources needed for electric cars and other devices is currently a hot issue of dispute. Final resolution of ...
Since then, the space above Earth has been flooded with thousands of satellites, spent rocket stages and the debris from several ... seed money to develop the technology needed to clean up space.
The third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world ...
In fact, though, human space exploration and industrialization has polluted the area around our planet, with the resulting debris known ... in fields from satellite technology to ocean plastic ...