Sonic booms could be a new way to track falling space junk

Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their ...
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Earthquake detectors can track sonic booms to pinpoint space debris landing locations

Space debris is becoming an overwhelming problem. With operators increasingly sending satellites and other ...
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Chinese space station falling to Earth with unknown landing destination

BEIJING, China -- China's defunct and reportedly out-of-control Tiangong 1 space station is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime this weekend. It poses only a slight risk to people and ...
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Observatory's meteorite meet up brings space rocks to your fingertips

John Ventre holds up a slice of a partially translucent meteorite from his collection at the Cincinnati Observatory. Space is dirty. Filthy. It's littered with asteroids, and rocks, and dust. Some of ...
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26% chance of space debris falling through airspace this year, research says

(Gray News) – The risk of space debris falling through airspace is going up in 2026, according to researchers. Experts said spacecraft, or parts of one, fall back into the Earth’s atmosphere once a ...