More lunar missions means more space junk around the Moon – two scientists are building a catalog to track the trash

With more than 100 lunar missions planned in coming years, space junk near the Moon could become an issue for humanity. No agency tracks lunar space junk, so two astronomers decided to do it themselves.

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