Elon Musk's SpaceX just got approval from Trump's FCC to double the number of satellites it has in Low Earth Orbit, and to bring them closer to Earth than ever before. Here's what that means for the worsening space junk problem ... .
After a Falcon 9 rocket stage burned up in the atmosphere, vaporised lithium and other metals drifted over Europe. This growing type of pollution could destroy ozone and form climate-warming clouds ... .
Usually, space debris is too small or fragile to survive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere and burns up, while larger, hardier fragments often splash down in watery or uninhabited areas ... .
A spokesman told The Telegraph that it was “extremely unlikely” that the space junk will enter British airspace and stressed that emergency systems are “tested routinely” with partners, including mobile networks ... .
Large chunks of space junk that return to Earth at supersonic speeds are like artificial meteors, emitting sonic booms that shake the atmosphere before slamming into the ground.Tha ....
Large chunks of space junk that return to Earth at supersonic speeds are like artificial meteors, emitting sonic booms that shake the atmosphere before slamming into the ground.Tha ....
A new study shows that earthquake monitoring networks can track falling space debris by detecting the sonic booms produced during atmospheric reentry, sometimes more accurately than radar.