Scientists find unlikely new way to track space junk: sonic booms in the atmosphere

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

Scientists Found a Surprising Way to Track Falling Space Junk

Earthquake sensors are giving scientists a new way to track space junk as it falls back to Earth.
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New way to track deadly space junk falling to Earth developed

Space debris entering the Earth’s atmosphere moves faster than the speed of sound and it's hard to predict where it will ...
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Earthquake sensors can hear space junk falling to Earth

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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Falling space junk is more likely to hit airplanes, experts warn

Falling hardware from orbit used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, as launch rates surge and commercial aviation rebounds, researchers say the odds that a piece of space junk will cross paths ...
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The risk of falling space junk hitting airplanes is on the rise, experts warn

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