What Is Space Debris?
Space debris (also called “space junk” or “orbital debris”) refers to non-functional, human-made objects in Earth’s orbit. This includes:
Space debris (also called “space junk” or “orbital debris”) refers to non-functional, human-made objects in Earth’s orbit. This includes:
"You can think of it as a cosmic pool game. We might miss the pocket if we don't consider all the variables."
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With the recent first light milestone for the Vera Rubin observatory, it's only a matter of time before one of astronomy’s most long-awaited surveys begins. The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is set to start on November 5th, and will scan the sky of billions of stars for at least ten years. One of the most important things it hopes to find is evidence (or lack thereof) of primordial black holes (PBHs), one of the primary candidates for dark matter. A new paper from researchers at Durham University and the University of New Mexico looks at the difficulties the LSST will have in finding those enigmatic objects, especially the statistical challenges, and how they might be overcome.
On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When scientists find exoplanets around distant stars, a primary consideration is if they're in the stars' habitable zones where liquid water could persist on the planet's surface. The search for atmospheric biosignatures takes a backseat to the search for water.
Astronomers have traced a mysterious blast of X-rays to a star that, like a cosmic action hero, just refused to die.
The letter warns that the proposed FY2026 budget would halt dozens of missions, gut future programs and threaten U.S. leadership in space science.
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The ringed giant had previously risen in the early morning and predawn hours as a "morning star."
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The astronaut was able to capture the lake reflecting direct sunlight at the camera.
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The discovery of a monster-sized black hole in a pristine galaxy unspoiled by stellar death suggests growth via mergers between primordial black holes formed during the Big Bang.
The "Hubble tension," one of the most frustrating and lingering problems in science, could be solved if Earth and the Milky Way sit in a low-density void.
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The European Southern Observatory has captured the clearest images yet of the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS as it moves inward through the solar system.
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