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Falling Space Debris Could Threaten Flights—Scientists Warn of Growing Danger
As space launches increase and the number of spacecraft reentries rises, experts are growing more concerned about the ...
Risk of falling space junk impacting planes is growing, experts warn
Some high-density airspace regions could have as high as a 26% of being affected by an uncontrolled rocket body reentry.
Rocket junk has a 1 in 4 chance per year of entering busy airspace, study suggests
There's a 26% annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a UBC study. The study is published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Asteroid collision carved 2 massive ‘grand canyons’ on moon in 10 minutes
The study suggests the canyons in “Schrodinger impact basin” were carved in under 10 minutes by debris from an asteroid or comet impact 3.8 billion years ago.
Astronomers spot asteroid that may be heading for the earth
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...
Scientists warn 'falling debris' in space could threaten flights
The issue was highlighted after the SpaceX Starship mission last month, which caused debris to fall over the Atlantic Ocean ...
Falling space junk poses a growing risk to traveler safety — and could harm the economy, experts warn
The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going ...
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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 ...