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Over 1,000 pounds of space debris fell to Earth last week — here’s where it landed
A metal fragment believed to have come from a rocket has returned to Earth, falling in an African country last week. The ...
A Half-Ton Piece of Space Junk Falls Onto a Village in Kenya
No one was hurt by the object, believed to be part of a launch rocket. Experts say the frequency of such incidents is ...
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Photos show the 1,000 pounds of space debris that crash landed in Kenya. It's unclear who it belongs to.
The giant ring fell from space, crash-landing into Mukuku Village in Kenya on Wednesday. No one was hurt, but space debris ...
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What is ‘Kessler Syndrome’ — and why do some scientists think the space disaster scenario has already started?
If the space ... around 300 miles (500 kilometers), objects in orbit will naturally fall back to Earth or disintegrate in the atmosphere within about 25 years, Frueh said, indicating that a debris ...
Earth's orbit is so crowded that space traffic controllers issue more than 1,000 collision warnings per day
Satellites and chunks of space junk come close to colliding on a regular basis. The situation could get dangerously out of control.
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What is the Kessler Syndrome? How space junk has become an orbital threat
Also called space debris, space junk is comprised of non-operational satellites and other human-made objects that continue to hurtle around Earth's orbit ... a 3D camera to map the location ...
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How space junk endangers Earth's orbit: All you need to know about 'Kessler Syndrome'
Space debris is an escalating problem, risking the onset of Kessler Syndrome, a cascade of collisions that could make Earth's orbit unusable. With thousands of tons of material in orbit and ...