Gazing at the night sky was once an escape from the man-made chaos on Earth. Not anymore. Nearly 70 years after Sputnik was launched, so many machines are flying through space that astronomers worry their light pollution will soon make it impossible to study other galaxies with terrestrial telescopes. There is also space debris; Nearly… Read More »
Gazing at the night sky was once an escape from the man-made chaos on Earth. Not anymore. Nearly 70 years after Sputnik was launched, so many machines are flying through space that astronomers worry their light pollution will soon make it impossible to study other galaxies with terrestrial telescopes. There is also space debris; Nearly… Read More »
Researchers found that trying to avoid collisions in orbit increases the risk of future collisions after each evasive maneuver. Reason? Current space traffic management methods cannot adequately cope with the increasing number of satellites in space. Analysts at Pennsylvania-based company COMSPOC (short for “Commercial Space Operations Center”) found that after each attack: satellite In a… Read More »