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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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SpaceX Rocket Debris Is Set To Collide With The Moon On August 5, 2026, Hitting The Rim Of Einstein’s Cratera wide crarater is seen in the lunar surface

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SpaceX Rocket Debris Is Set To Collide With The Moon On August 5, 2026, Hitting The Rim Of Einstein’s Cratera wide crarater is seen in the lunar surface
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SpaceX Rocket Debris Is Set To Collide With The Moon On August 5, 2026, Hitting The Rim Of Einstein’s Crater

clock-iconApril 30, 2026

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Debris And Satellite Constellations Threaten The Use Of Space – And That Matters To Everyoneone radio dish is in the foreground and one in the background and the sky showing the Milky Way is criss-crossed by satellite trails

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Debris And Satellite Constellations Threaten The Use Of Space – And That Matters To Everyoneone radio dish is in the foreground and one in the background and the sky showing the Milky Way is criss-crossed by satellite trails
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Debris And Satellite Constellations Threaten The Use Of Space – And That Matters To Everyone

clock-iconApril 1, 2026

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Only One Person Is Known To Have Ever Been Hit By Space Junk – But For How Long?artist impression of broken satellites around Earth.

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Only One Person Is Known To Have Ever Been Hit By Space Junk – But For How Long?artist impression of broken satellites around Earth.
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Only One Person Is Known To Have Ever Been Hit By Space Junk – But For How Long?

clock-iconMarch 5, 2026
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Elon Musk Wants To Put 1 Million Satellites Into Space. The FCC is Asking For Opinionsartist impression of an enourmous amount of satellites around Earth.

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Elon Musk Wants To Put 1 Million Satellites Into Space. The FCC is Asking For Opinionsartist impression of an enourmous amount of satellites around Earth.
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Elon Musk Wants To Put 1 Million Satellites Into Space. The FCC is Asking For Opinions

clock-iconFebruary 26, 2026
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Three Astronauts Are Stranded In Space Again, After Their Ride Home Was Struck By Space JunkTiangong space station.

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Three Astronauts Are Stranded In Space Again, After Their Ride Home Was Struck By Space JunkTiangong space station.
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Three Astronauts Are Stranded In Space Again, After Their Ride Home Was Struck By Space Junk

clock-iconNovember 6, 2025

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Something Melted This Tesla’s Windscreen. Could It Have Been A World-First Meteorite Collision?At first this might look like typical windscreen damage caused by a stone, but closer investigation reveals something very odd.

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Something Melted This Tesla’s Windscreen. Could It Have Been A World-First Meteorite Collision?At first this might look like typical windscreen damage caused by a stone, but closer investigation reveals something very odd.
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Something Melted This Tesla’s Windscreen. Could It Have Been A World-First Meteorite Collision?

clock-iconOctober 30, 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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Pollution Related To Space Is Getting Worse As Trump And Musk Target Research And RegulationsArtist impression of space junk showing satellites spread everywhere around the planet

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Pollution Related To Space Is Getting Worse As Trump And Musk Target Research And RegulationsArtist impression of space junk showing satellites spread everywhere around the planet
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Pollution Related To Space Is Getting Worse As Trump And Musk Target Research And Regulations

clock-iconMay 12, 2025
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87 Satellites Sent To Space In The Last 24 Hours – Space Is Becoming Ever More CrowdedA rocket firing up its engine just moving past the launch tower

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87 Satellites Sent To Space In The Last 24 Hours – Space Is Becoming Ever More CrowdedA rocket firing up its engine just moving past the launch tower
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87 Satellites Sent To Space In The Last 24 Hours – Space Is Becoming Ever More Crowded

clock-iconApril 29, 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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Why Can't We Send All Our Garbage Into Space?Space trash floating in space.

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Why Can't We Send All Our Garbage Into Space?Space trash floating in space.
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Why Can't We Send All Our Garbage Into Space?

clock-iconNovember 24, 2024
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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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Intelsat 33e Anomaly: Satellite Lost In Orbit Causes Widespread DisruptionA 3D illustration of a satellite orbiting over Earth.

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Intelsat 33e Anomaly: Satellite Lost In Orbit Causes Widespread DisruptionA 3D illustration of a satellite orbiting over Earth.
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Intelsat 33e Anomaly: Satellite Lost In Orbit Causes Widespread Disruption

clock-iconOctober 23, 2024
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Plane Captures First-Ever Photo Of High-Speed Satellite Reentering Earth's AtmosphereSalsa reentering Earth's atmosphere.

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Plane Captures First-Ever Photo Of High-Speed Satellite Reentering Earth's AtmosphereSalsa reentering Earth's atmosphere.
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Plane Captures First-Ever Photo Of High-Speed Satellite Reentering Earth's Atmosphere

clock-iconSeptember 18, 2024
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