New Self-Healing Polymer Can Now Shield Satellites From Debris With Regenerative Powers Never Seen Before
The growing swarm of space debris orbiting Earth poses a silent yet serious threat to the infrastructure that powers...
Tag: Space debris
NASA’s Asteroid Collision Debris May Be Headed Towards The Earth
On September 26th, 2022, NASA’s DART mission made headlines by smashing into Dimorphos, a tiny moonlet orbiting the...
Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellites Could Be Eroding Earth’s Magnetic Field And Slowly Poisoning Us All
A former NASA scientist sounds alarmed about the potential catastrophic consequences of mega satellite constellations...
Trash From The International Space Station May Have Just Hit A House In Florida
A NASA inquiry into a mysterious item that crashed through Alejandro Otero's home recently caused a dramatic event in...
The First-ever Attempt To Remove Dead Rocket From Earth’s Orbit Has Been Kicked Off
The commencement of a groundbreaking space operation to retrieve a defunct rocket from Earth's orbit marks a pivotal...
This European Satellite Just Crashed Back To The Earth After Spending 18 Years In Space
A really big European satellite, called European Remote Sensing 2 (ERS-2), fell back to Earth which is almost as big...
NASA Astronauts Dropped A Tool Bag During A Spacewalk, And Now You Can See It From Earth
In a cosmic twist, the night sky unveils an unexpected performer: not a twinkling star or distant planet, but a rogue...
Fascinating Images Show The Final Moments Of A Satellite Before It Burns Up In The Atmosphere
In late July, the European Space Agency deliberately made its Aeolus satellite fall back to Earth, where it...
French Woman Gets Hit By Meteorite While Having Coffee
Imagine sitting down for a friendly chat over a cup of coffee when suddenly, out of nowhere, a piece of space hurtles...
Scientists Are Building An Actual Tractor Beam To Clean Up Space Junk
On February 10, 2009, a serious incident occurred in space above the Siberian Peninsula. A non-functional Russian...
Watch The SpaceX Starship Absolutely Annihilating A Dodge Caravan With Flying Debris
SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, recently launched its most powerful rocket, {Starship. However, the inaugural flight of...
Climate Change Is Doing Something Really Weird To Satellites, Study Says
A study conducted recently has stated that climate change caused by carbon dioxide is reducing the Earth's ability to...
This Satellite Powered By AA Batteries And A $20 Microprocessor Is Still Flying High
On a shoestring budget and using off-the-shelf supplies, a team of engineering students from Brown University built a...
Two Large Chunks Of Space Debris Barely Avoid Collision – A Little Too Close For Comfort
Two large chunks of Soviet space debris nearly collided 600 miles over the Earth and that was “too close for...
Another Huge Piece Of Space Junk Is Falling Back To Earth Soon
Another Chinese launch, another uncontrolled reentry of a rocket. On October 31, the China Manned Space Agency...
These ISS Had To Fire Its Thrusters Again To Avoid Russian Space fires thrusters to escape space debris again
According to the recent reports released by NASA, the International Space Station (ISS) had to perform a collision...
These New Pictures Of The Trail Of Devastation Left Behind From NASA’s Asteroid Collisions Look Absolutely Amazing
NASA has recently made some tweaks to the recipe and smashed its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft...
More SpaceX Debris Crashes Down On Another Cattle Farm In Australia
Another piece of space debris believed to be from SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule has been discovered in the NSW Snowy...
What Are The Risks Of You Dying As A Result Of Falling Space Junk? These Scientists Have Calculated The Answer
Every day, we are threatened by falling space junk. These objects have the potential to reach the surface and cause...
The United States Is Declaring A Ban On Anti-Satellite Missile Tests – And Wants Everyone Else To Do The Same
On April 18, Vice President Kamala Harris declared that the United States would prohibit direct-ascent anti-satellite...
