space debris

NASA’s Swift telescope falls to Earth over Indonesia

NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory came down through Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday, Nov. 4, almost 22 years after it launched. The U.S. Space Force confirmed that the spacecraft re-entered at 7:39 a.m. EST over the North Sumatra region of Indonesia,…

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A ton of space junk crashes to Earth every week, NYT investigation finds

More space debris is falling to Earth than ever before, a consequence of the accelerating race among governments and private companies to fill the skies with satellites and spacecraft. A new investigation by The New York Times published on July…

Mystery spheres on Queensland beach identified as rocket debris

Six metallic spheres that washed ashore on Forrest Beach in northeastern Queensland have been identified as pressure vessels from a foreign rocket body that recently re-entered Earth's atmosphere, the Australian Space Agency announced on Monday.