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Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don't know where
Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on ...
Outer Space around earth is already pretty crowded. Tech firms are racing to pack even more satellites in
Thousands of satellites in low-Earth orbit could create a doom loop of dangerous debris and Julia Musto details the problem ...
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida
SpaceX sent another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast this morning (May 10), its ...
SpaceX hoping to send more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
SpaceX is slated to launch a new group of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit Tuesday night. The 28 devices will ...
A failed Soviet Venus probe is falling to Earth, and an astronomer will attempt to catch it on camera on May 9
The Virtual Telescope Project aims to observe the anticipated reentry of the former Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 spacecraft as ...
How To Track Soviet Satellite As It Plummets to Earth
A derelict Soviet-era spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 is set to hurtle back toward Earth after more than five decades in orbit ...
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Earth's orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse.
All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the problem with space junk, Grist explains. New research, published in Nature ...