Space debris is an issue of global concern that threatens our continued use of near-Earth space for the benefit of humankind.
Space Exploration
Feb 10, 2021
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An Army-funded smart fiber being tested on the International Space Station could be used to develop space dust telescopes and allow astronauts to feel through their pressurized suits.
Nanomaterials
Dec 17, 2020
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Every year, pounding rains wash away mountains of plastic waste from the streets of Jakarta, with some of it ending up as far away as Bali's beaches. So scientists are turning to satellites to trace the rubbish and figure ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2020
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Across the western U.S., severe wildfires fueled by tinder-dry vegetation have already burned more than 3.2 million hectares (8 million acres [as of the time of this press release])—an area the size of Maryland—in 2020, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2020
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Teams at ESA's mission control centre are getting ready to ensure a new Sentinel Earth Observation mission safely arrives in its correct orbit, from where it will map, measure and monitor rising sea levels after its launch ...
Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2020
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Scientists found plastic debris in the digestive tract of a southern right whale stranded in Argentina, according to a study from the Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program, co-led by the University of California, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 23, 2020
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Trillions of plastic debris fragments are afloat at sea, creating the 'perfect storm' for microbial colonization. Introduced more than 50 years ago, plastic substrates are a novel microbial habitat in the world's oceans. ...
Ecology
Oct 13, 2020
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Swirling fragments of past space endeavors are trapped in orbit around Earth, threatening our future in space. Over time, the number, mass and area of these debris objects grows steadily, boosting the risk to functioning ...
Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2020
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On the afternoon of February 10, 2009, the operational communications satellite Iridium 33 collided with the obsolete Cosmos 2251 communications satellite over Siberia at an altitude of roughly 800 kilometers. The collision ...
Astronomy
Aug 28, 2020
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ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst during his 2018 stay on the International Space Station, with two floating SPHERES robots tethered to a container of liquid, serving to simulate the experience of pulling a derelict satellite ...
Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2020
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