Space Debris

Posted It might be hard to imagine but space is getting crowded. Space junk is becoming a dangerous hazard for orbiting satellites, and now some countries are joining forces to tackle it.Read More

On Thursday evening, a train of SpaceX Starlink satellites was visible in the night sky above Florida, with several residents reporting seeing a string of white lights around 9 p.m. local time.Floridians posted images and videos of the satellite train on social media, with some even contacting local media outlets…

Scientists have uncovered what may be the first reliable evidence of a person being killed by a meteorite.According to a study published in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, a team of researchers have uncovered documentary evidence that a man was struck and killed by a meteorite on August 22,…

Agency 28/04/2020 4431 views 24 likes Space debris is a hazard to our satellites and spacecraft as well as a contributor to near-Earth space pollution. To help raise awareness of this issue, ESA’s Education Office is organising an online edition of ESA Academy’s Space Debris Training Course.  Due to the…

In her recent interview in Rolling Stone magazine, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg expresses her disappointment with ‘the olds’. She is referring to older generations and baby boomers who appear apathetic when it comes to acting on climate change. Is Greta right? Have we lost our fighting spirit? It was…

MICHELLE STARR 24 APRIL 2020 Researchers have finally found credible records of someone being killed by a falling meteorite.On 22 August 1888, according to multiple documents found in the General Directorate of State Archives of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, a falling meteorite hit and killed one man…

by Gary Ng – Thu, April 23, 2020 Back in January, Elon Musk said only four more satellite launches would allow for SpaceX and its Starlink global high-speed Internet service to launch in Canada and the United States. On April 22, 2020, SpaceX successfully launched and deployed 60 more Starlink…

Astroscale U.S. Appoints Dave Fischer as VP, Business Development and Advanced Systems, and David Hebert as Director of Communications Press Release From: Astroscale Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Astroscale U.S. Inc., ("Astroscale U.S."), the U.S. unit of Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market leader in developing a service to remove space…

Confinement loves company Trey Williams | April 20, 2020 @ 2:40 PM Last Updated: April 20, 2020 @ 3:12 PM 20th Century Fox Welcome to self isolation. As a lot of Americans find themselves stuck inside (for who knows how many days) attempting to slow the spread of the novel…

A video has emerged purporting to show a train of SpaceX Starlink satellites moving across the night sky above Europe.Twitter user Astrit Spanca posted the clip—reportedly captured from the southeastern European country of Kosovo on Sunday—in which the satellites can be seen as several tiny white dots lined up in…