Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

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The idea sounds simple enough when reduced to its basics. Put reflective surfaces in orbit and redirect sunlight back to Earth after sunset. A Califor.

Space debris is an escalating concern. According to an April 2025 report from the European Space Agency, an estimated 1.2 ...

Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their ...

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As the iron and nickel inside our planet shift, so does Earth's magnetic field, meaning the North (and South) Poles are also ...

Ten years ago, David Bowie sent his final transmission. It was one of the strangest and most moving chapters in his story.

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