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Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 GigajoulesA topographical map of the Einstein crater on the Moon. Circles around a central impact crater.

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Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 GigajoulesA topographical map of the Einstein crater on the Moon. Circles around a central impact crater.
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Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 Gigajoules

clock-iconJuly 28, 2026
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"Move Away And Contact Emergency Services" Australian Space Agency Warns, After Mystery Orbs Show Up On Forrest BeachA large metal sphere on an Australian beach.

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"Move Away And Contact Emergency Services" Australian Space Agency Warns, After Mystery Orbs Show Up On Forrest BeachA large metal sphere on an Australian beach.
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"Move Away And Contact Emergency Services" Australian Space Agency Warns, After Mystery Orbs Show Up On Forrest Beach

clock-iconJuly 7, 2026
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Great Balls Of Fire: This Is What It Looks Like From Space When Junk Burns Up In Earth's Atmosphere light streaks across Earth’s atmosphere in this photo captured by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station on April 27, 2026.

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Great Balls Of Fire: This Is What It Looks Like From Space When Junk Burns Up In Earth's Atmosphere light streaks across Earth’s atmosphere in this photo captured by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station on April 27, 2026.
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Great Balls Of Fire: This Is What It Looks Like From Space When Junk Burns Up In Earth's Atmosphere

clock-iconMay 19, 2026

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US Flight Potentially Hit By Space Debris – What Are The Chances That The Claim Is Correct?A plane with United written on the side is in the sky with its landing gear out.

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US Flight Potentially Hit By Space Debris – What Are The Chances That The Claim Is Correct?A plane with United written on the side is in the sky with its landing gear out.
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US Flight Potentially Hit By Space Debris – What Are The Chances That The Claim Is Correct?

clock-iconOctober 21, 2025
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"I've Never Seen This Happen Before": Space Junk Found In Western Australian Desert Reported To Have Landed On Firepiece of burning debris in the Western Australia desert

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"I've Never Seen This Happen Before": Space Junk Found In Western Australian Desert Reported To Have Landed On Firepiece of burning debris in the Western Australia desert
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"I've Never Seen This Happen Before": Space Junk Found In Western Australian Desert Reported To Have Landed On Fire

clock-iconOctober 21, 2025
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USA's DARPA Wants To "Grow" Gigantic Biomechanical Structures In SpaceSpace elevator concept illustration.

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USA's DARPA Wants To "Grow" Gigantic Biomechanical Structures In SpaceSpace elevator concept illustration.
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USA's DARPA Wants To "Grow" Gigantic Biomechanical Structures In Space

clock-iconMarch 5, 2025
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Space Debris Weighing 500 Kilograms Crash-Lands Outside Mukuku Village In Kenyathe earth is in the background and in the foreground a lot of satellites

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Space Debris Weighing 500 Kilograms Crash-Lands Outside Mukuku Village In Kenyathe earth is in the background and in the foreground a lot of satellites
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Space Debris Weighing 500 Kilograms Crash-Lands Outside Mukuku Village In Kenya

clock-iconJanuary 3, 2025
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World's First Wooden Satellite Is On Board The ISS And Will Soon Be Launched Into OrbitLignoSat above the Earth in illustrative image.

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World's First Wooden Satellite Is On Board The ISS And Will Soon Be Launched Into OrbitLignoSat above the Earth in illustrative image.
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World's First Wooden Satellite Is On Board The ISS And Will Soon Be Launched Into Orbit

clock-iconNovember 7, 2024
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Man Finds Space Debris While Snorkeling On Remote IslandCayos Cochinos Honduras coral reef.

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Man Finds Space Debris While Snorkeling On Remote IslandCayos Cochinos Honduras coral reef.
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Man Finds Space Debris While Snorkeling On Remote Island

clock-iconSeptember 4, 2024
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SpaceX Has A Hotline You Can Call If Debris Falls On Your HouseA robotic arm releasing space junk from the ISS.

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SpaceX Has A Hotline You Can Call If Debris Falls On Your HouseA robotic arm releasing space junk from the ISS.
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SpaceX Has A Hotline You Can Call If Debris Falls On Your House

clock-iconJune 26, 2024
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Japanese Mission Sends Back "Unprecedented" Up-Close Photo Of Space DebrisAn upper stage of a Japanese H-IIA rocket in orbit.

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Japanese Mission Sends Back "Unprecedented" Up-Close Photo Of Space DebrisAn upper stage of a Japanese H-IIA rocket in orbit.
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Japanese Mission Sends Back "Unprecedented" Up-Close Photo Of Space Debris

clock-iconMay 9, 2024
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International Space Station Battery Piece May Have Crashed Through Florida Homeportion of the canadarm robotic arm releasing a boxy white structure with the batteries

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International Space Station Battery Piece May Have Crashed Through Florida Homeportion of the canadarm robotic arm releasing a boxy white structure with the batteries
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International Space Station Battery Piece May Have Crashed Through Florida Home

clock-iconApril 3, 2024
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Decades-Old ERS-2 Satellite Set For Uncontrolled Re-Entry Into Earth's Atmosphere TomorrowERS-2 satellite in orbit.

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Decades-Old ERS-2 Satellite Set For Uncontrolled Re-Entry Into Earth's Atmosphere TomorrowERS-2 satellite in orbit.
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Decades-Old ERS-2 Satellite Set For Uncontrolled Re-Entry Into Earth's Atmosphere Tomorrow

clock-iconFebruary 20, 2024
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Watch A Chinese Rocket Booster Crash To Earth And Explode Way Too Close To HumansA Long March 3B/Yuanzheng 1 carrier rocket blasts off on December 26 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China.

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Watch A Chinese Rocket Booster Crash To Earth And Explode Way Too Close To HumansA Long March 3B/Yuanzheng 1 carrier rocket blasts off on December 26 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China.
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Watch A Chinese Rocket Booster Crash To Earth And Explode Way Too Close To Humans

clock-iconJanuary 3, 2024
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NASA's 38-Year-Old Satellite Reenters Atmosphere Over The Bering SeaNASA's Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS)

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NASA's 38-Year-Old Satellite Reenters Atmosphere Over The Bering SeaNASA's Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS)
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NASA's 38-Year-Old Satellite Reenters Atmosphere Over The Bering Sea

clock-iconJanuary 9, 2023
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