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Space waste - an update of the anthropogenic matter injection into Earth’s atmosphere: #SpaceDebris

Characterizing solar cycle influence on long-term orbital deterioration of low-earth orbiting #SpaceDebris: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2026.1797886/full -> Space junk falls to Earth faster when sunspots peak, and this can help prevent collisions with satellites: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1126476

A rubbish challenge: how do we dump space junk? Modern life depends on space-based infrastructure, but there’s a lot of junk orbiting alongside working spacecraft. Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of #SpaceDebris – and what we need to do about it: https://physicsworld.com/a/a-rubbish-challenge-how-do-we-dump-space-junk/ (looong).