Space Debris

Song Joong-ki and Kim Tae-ri have paired up for Korea's first sci-fi flick set in space.The two stars attended an online press event for "Space Sweepers" on Tuesday. Song Joong-ki (left) and Kim Tae-ri The film, set in 2092, revolves around the crew of a spaceship who search for space…

More than 600 kilometres from Earth, a Canadian military satellite called Sapphire orbits the globe every ninety minutes or so. Roughly the size of a fully stocked beer fridge and about twice as heavy, it tracks other satellites and space objects between 6,000 and 40,000 kilometres above the Earth’s surface,…

Upcoming film “Space Sweepers” has released new stills of Song Joong Ki transforming into Tae Ho, the pilot of the space junk collector ship called The Victory. “Space Sweepers” will tell the story of a crew of The Victory in the year 2092. When they discover a humanoid robot named Dorothy that’s…

A visible green laser shone from ESA’s Optical Ground Station (OGS). Part of Teide Observatory, the OGS located 2400 m above sea level on the volcanic island of Tenerife, used for the development of optical communication systems for space as well as space debris and near-Earth orbject surveys and quantum…

Space junk isn’t going away anytime soon—and neither are the problems it causes. We’re poised to see more satellite launches with every passing year, which means more pieces of rocketry and spacecraft getting loose and zipping around at over 22,000 mph. At those speeds, even an object just a few centimeters long…

Oops. Dropping a mirror on Earth is only minor cause for concern, perhaps about the potential of some upcoming bad luck. Dropping a mirror while on a spacewalk means creating a potentially dangerous new piece of space junk, all while thousands of people watch it happen, streaming live.   A…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A spacewalking astronaut extra to the pieces of junk orbiting the Earth on Friday, dropping a tiny mirror as quickly as he stepped out of the Worldwide Room Station for battery perform.Commander Chris Cassidy stated the mirror floated away at about a foot per 2nd.Mission Handle…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacewalking astronaut added to the millions of pieces of junk orbiting the Earth on Friday, losing a small mirror on his sleeve as soon as he emerged from the International Space Station for battery work.Commander Chris Cassidy said the mirror quickly floated away. The…

The threat posed by space junk is growing — and the window for mitigating it is closing. Experts say the U.S. hasn't done enough to combat the growing problem.Why it matters: Companies like SpaceX are working to launch hundreds of small satellites to already crowded orbits. Even if just a…

A green fireball appeared in the skies over Australia earlier this week and experts can’t seem to explain what it was. It’s thought that the object was natural in origin and not a manmade piece of space junk, but the jury is still out. Many fireballs explode in the atmosphere,…