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24 Oct 2017

There's a graveyard for space debris on Earth; NASA calls it 'spacecraft cemetery'

NASA calls it the perfect dumping place for dead and dying spacecraft.

11 Sep 2017

Ultra-thin craft to wrap and destroy space debris in the offing – Read

The Brane Craft, being developed by US-based Aerospace Corporation, is a flexible and less than half the thickness of a human hair.

02 Dec 2016

Japan all set to test new 'fishing mesh' to drag out space debris next year!

The space clean-up is important because it will help safe guard astronauts and about $900 billion worth of space stations, satellites and other infrastructure relied on for tele communications, weather forecasting, Earth-monitoring and navigation.

02 Jun 2016

Forget climate change, now space junk will destroy the Arctic!

If climate change wasn't enough, unfortunately, this refuge is not expected to last for long, due to an intrusion from space. You heard that right!

28 Dec 2015

Watch: This is the amount of 'space junk' orbiting our Earth!

Turns out a lot of space in the space has been invaded! According to NASA, there are over 50,000 pieces of debris (space junk) traveling at speeds up to 17,500 mph around the Earth.

16 Nov 2015

Time to clean up space junk mess, says NASA

It was unclear if the object called WT1190F actually landed.

14 Nov 2015

Watch: Mysterious space junk 'WT1190F' crashes into Indian Ocean!

The object - most likely man-made space debris from some previous lunar or interplanetary mission - burned up on reentry and was not a threat to anyone on Earth.

27 Oct 2015

Mysterious space junk to crash into Earth in November

Scientists predict that the object will plummet to Earth at about 6.15am on November 13 from above the Indian Ocean.

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