Mysterious Space Junk Will Plunge to Earth in NovemberTraci WatsonNature magazine
That could be it. So then, by the time I talked to this reporter, who just wanted to ask me general questions about space junk, I was like, “Wow, I found out everything. This is amazing. I know exactly what piece...
Any day now, the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is expected to fall back to Earth – but it's uncertain where it will crash land. We know that Australia is in the potential zone, and we have been hit before by a falling space station.
What_Is_Space_Junk There ’s space junk orbiting 2Earth,and it ’s getting more and more every year.Space junk is the name that scientists give to the thousands of pieces of broken satellites 3and spacecraft 4.It takes up the Earth ’s orbit.Space junk can be as small as a piece ...
Space hardware falling back to Earth can affect the atmosphere as well, so re-entering orbital debris should also be studied, Ross said. "Vaporize" may mean "disappear" in most people's minds, but that's assuredly not the case with re-entering space junk, Ross said. Such debris, he sai...
Our lives depend on a world we can't see: the satellite infrastructure we use every day for information, entertainment, communication and so much more. But Earth orbit isn't a limitless resource, and the problem of space debris will get worse without a sign...
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space, according to new research. While the probability of space junk striking an airplane is low, the risk is rising due to increases in both the aviation ind...
Our lives depend on a world we can't see: the satellite infrastructure we use every day for information, entertainment, communication and so much more. But Earth orbit isn't a limitless resource, and the problem of space debris will get worse without a significant change to our behavior. Na...
That means companies and governments launching rockets or satellites into space need to find responsible ways to bring their decommissioned space junk back to Earth – as well as responsible ways to manage everything still in orbit. Without that kind of space stewardship, randomly falling sp...
creating more detritus. The cascading effect may continue until Earth’s orbit is so clogged with junk that satellites become inoperable and space exploration must come to a grinding halt.