Right now, the sun is far more active than predicted—and small satellites are paying the price
Last week, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University's Binar Space Program burned up in Earth's atmosphere.
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Small Asteroid Impacted Earth Recently - See An Orbit Animation
Asteroid 2024 UQ impacted Earth above the Pacific Ocean. The space rock was about 3 feet (1 meter) wide. It was detected by ...
Will ‘Apophis’ Hit Earth In 2029? We’ll Know In 2027, Scientist Says
An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...
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Small Asteroid Captured Hours Prior To Earth Impact
Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...
An object struck a satellite in Earth's orbit, leaving a hole
The satellite company NanoAvionics released images online showing the damage to its MP42 satellite, launched in 2022 and ...
Why does everything look flat even though the Earth is round?
Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a ...
Small wooden satellite heads to International Space Station
The first wood-panel satellite is on a SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, where it will test the durability of ...
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Small countries that play no role in climate change will be hardest hit
Small Island Developing States face high flood risks due to climate change, despite contributing the least to global ...
NASA SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts to speak publicly for first time since return
The three NASA astronauts that were part of the SpaceX Crew-8 aboard Crew Dragon Endeavour will speak publicly today for the ...