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Space junk 'in the millions' orbiting at 18,000mph could pose 'genuine threat' to life
A space physics expert has warned that debris falling from the sky could cause major damage and even kill people.
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What Is Low Earth Orbit? A Basic Explainer
More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...
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New Glenn Makes It Into Orbit on First Flight, but Reusable Stage Crashes Out
If New Glenn can continue to demonstrate its capabilities and (more crucially) its reliability, it has the potential to take ...
Slew of satellite projects aims to head off future wildfires
As Los Angeles firefighters battle remaining hotspots more than a week into deadly blazes, scientists and engineers hope ...
Space junk 'in the millions' could cause 'genuine threat' to life on Earth
A space physics expert has warned that space debris orbiting the Earth and travelling at 18,000mph could cause a 'genuine ...
Earth's orbit is so crowded that space traffic controllers issue more than 1,000 collision warnings per day
Satellites and chunks of space junk come close to colliding on a regular basis. The situation could get dangerously out of control.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on maiden flight
Shrugging off bad weather, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched its powerful New Glenn rocket on its maiden flight early Thursday ...
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Space mysteries: How does the ISS stay in orbit without falling to Earth?
The International Space Station (ISS) orbits high above our heads, yet the pull of Earth's gravity never hauls the complex out of orbit and sends it plummeting through our atmosphere, where it ...
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Earth's orbit is so crowded that space traffic controllers issue more than 1,000 collision warnings per day
Luckily, the two spacecraft missed each other by 17 meters (56 feet) — not very far by space standards ... tragedy of the commons play out in low-Earth orbit right before our eyes," Baker ...