Approximately 30,000 objects are hurtling in near-Earth orbit. It’s not just a space issue
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 »