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Comet Leonard has been spotted by a Chinese satellite, capturing fantastic footage through an aurora and meteor shower near Earth.

The image was captured by Yangwang 1, which is a small satellite launched by Chinese technology company, Origin Space, based in Guangdong, China.

Comet Leonard shines brightly in images captured by Chinese satellite Yangwang 1 on the backdrop of aurora and passing meteors.

Earth’s orbit is becoming something of a teenager’s bedroom: There’s junk scattered about and no real plan to clean it up any time soon. The critical difference? The consequences of space junk go well beyond pests attracted by crumbs or the odor of unwashed laundry. For decades, experts have been warning about the rise of space junk in Earth’s orbit. In the Space Age, there have been thousands of rocket and satellite launches, and not everything that goes up into orbit comes back down. (And as the Chinese space program recently reminded us, falling debris can also be concerning if imp...

Chinese Robot Can Catch Space Debris April 30, 2021 The Long March 5 Y-4 rocket, carrying an unmanned Mars probe of the Tianwen-1 mission, takes off from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan Province, China July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:02:45 0:00 Pop-out player A Chinese space mining company has designed a robot that can capture waste material left behind by spacecraft in outer space with a big net. The state-run Xinhua news agency recently reported that the robot launched on the go...