Falling hardware from orbit used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, as launch rates surge and commercial aviation rebounds, researchers say the odds that a piece of space junk will cross paths ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit are de-orbiting and falling to Earth at the rate of one to two per day. If Starlink continues scaling up ...

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