'100 alarms a day': Europe's satellites flying blind as space junk threat spreads
Europe needs its own technology to guard against a growing threat to its satellites from space junk ranging from dead satellites to tiny particles, according to a top adviser to the European Space Agency (ESA). With the world increasingly reliant on orbital infrastructure to maintain ...
Space junk presents a clear and present danger
Pollution generated by human activity isn't limited to the Earth and its climate.
Japanese space agency to trial electric cable for space junk removal
The space agency is planning an experiment to remove simulated space junk as part of efforts to develop a simple and inexpensive disposal system for objects that might puncture the International Space Station or destroy satellites. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said scientists will try ...
