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An NOAA study has found that burnt-up rockets, satellites and other space junk is polluting the stratosphere. Scientists are not yet sure what consequences that will cause.
Debris orbiting Earth could render space “unusable” and many areas could become uninsurable due to the increasing costs of weather-related disasters, UN researchers warned.
Earth’s orbits are getting more and more crowded. To keep track of everything and avoid collisions and catastrophes, we need a new field: space domain awareness.
A couple of years ago, we shared with you the story of the USS Plainview, a U.S. Navy hydrofoil ship that was powered by the same General Electric J79 tu...
A network of space-based lasers could help nudge debris away from collision courses with the International Space Station, according to new research.