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Chinese rocket breaks apart after megaconstellation launch, creating cloud of space junkOn Aug. 7, a Chinese rocket broke apart in space, creating more than 300 new pieces of trackable debris.
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20 satellites fall from sky after catastrophic SpaceX rocket failure, triggering investigationTwenty doomed Starlink satellites, which were prematurely released during a botched Falcon 9 rocket launch last week, have burned up in the upper atmosphere after falling back to Earth, new data confirms. Experts are currently investigating what went wrong.
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Space junk: How broken satellites are creating a garbage crisis in the skyThousands of pieces of space debris, also known as space junk, are orbiting Earth, with tons more added each year. This orbital debris poses a significant threat to satellites, spacecraft, astronauts — and increasingly humans on Earth.
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Haunting photo of Earth and moon snapped by China's experimental lunar satellitesChina's experimental moon satellites Tiandu-1 and 2 are testing lunar communications and navigation tech. Recently, they shared this image of the lunar surface with a ghostly Earth in the background.
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Dying SpaceX rocket creates eerily-perfect 'dashed' line in new photos. What's going on?New images show a glowing "dashed" line in the night sky above Arizona after part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fell back to Earth following a double-header launch.
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Controversial paper claims satellite 'megaconstellations' like SpaceX's could weaken Earth's magnetic field and cause 'atmospheric stripping.' Should we be worried?A theoretical new paper argues that atmospheric metal pollution from falling space junk could create an invisible conductive shield around our planet that might weaken our magnetosphere. However, other experts are skeptical of this idea.
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Dying SpaceX rocket creates glowing, galaxy-like spiral in the middle of the Northern LightsA large swirl of white light that temporarily outshone vibrant auroras in the Arctic last week was triggered by the death throes of a SpaceX rocket that deployed more than 50 satellites into space.
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Radar images show Europe's doomed ERS-2 satellite buckle and burn during final orbits of EarthNew radar images show surprise changes to the doomed ERS-2 spacecraft as it tumbled through Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 21.
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Big, doomed 'TIE fighter' satellite seen from space just days before crashing back to EarthThe European Space Agency's ERS-2 Earth observation satellite was spotted in space as it prepares to make a fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 21.
