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SpaceX Dragon Capsule debris as big as a car hood crash-landed in North Carolina. It's part of a major space trash problem.

Wed, 07/03/2024 - 16:52

Dragon Capsule — The trunk of SpaceX's dragon capsule (left) was designed to burn up upon re-entry to Earth's atmosphere. Instead, it crash landed in North Carolina.
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Science, space-junk, NASA, spacex, space-debris

A dead Russian spacecraft almost collided with a NASA satellite. The crash could have sent 7,500 bits of debris rocketing around Earth.

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 14:50

Simulated image of a satellite collision in space — A simulated image of a satellite collision and the resulting debris.
ESA / ID&Sense / ONiRiXEL, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Science, NASA, Russia, satellite, satellite-constellations, space-junk, Space

Scientists want to use a self-consuming rocket to help control the space junk problem

Thu, 01/11/2024 - 16:08

3 researchers standing next to rocket engine prototype — The researchers and their prototype.
University of Glasgow

Science, speed-desk, Space, space-junk, space-debris, UK, uk-space-agency

Humans have launched so much to space that it's actually polluting Earth's atmosphere, a new study found

Wed, 10/18/2023 - 19:13

Illustration of something impacting Earth creating a giant fireball in the atmosphere. — When something enters Earth's atmosphere, it's typically in a fiery blaze.
solarseven/Getty Images

Science, Space, space-junk, ozone, Pollution

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