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Space Junk Just Fell on Your Home, Now What?

A Florida man, whose home was hit by apparent space junk, faced a struggle to be heard, raising questions about the correct procedures and accountability.

Space & Spaceflight Passant Rabie Apr 5

See How Hurricane Idalia Pummeled the Florida Coast and Beyond

The storm destroyed homes, flooded streets, and even dropped a tree on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' house in Tallahassee.

Earth Science Angely Mercado Aug 31

A Space Junk Removal Mission Got Struck By Space Junk

The ClearSpace-1 mission was going to chuck a defunct payload adapter to its fiery death, but another piece of space debris got to it first.

Space & Spaceflight Passant Rabie Aug 23

Steve Wozniak’s Space Company Wants to Be a ‘Ride Share’ for Satellites

Privateer is introducing an online marketplace for customers to share the cost of accessing satellite data.

Space & Spaceflight Nikki Main Aug 1

Scientists Call for a Global Treaty to Address Space Junk

Millions of pieces of debris orbit the Earth, prompting scientists to call for a legally binding treaty to address our planet's mounting orbital trash problem.

Space & Spaceflight Kevin Hurler Mar 10

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Space Sail Experiment Showcases Promising Technique for Quickly Disposing Space Junk

The Drag Augmentation Deorbiting System is a 38-square-foot sail that's designed to deorbit satellites at the end of their lives—and it appears to work.

Space & Spaceflight Kevin Hurler Jan 31

Orbital Debris Threatens Our Future in Space, so NASA Is Seeking Solutions

Millions of pieces of space junk currently orbit Earth, the fastest of which move at speeds reaching 17,500 miles per hour.

Space & Spaceflight Kevin Hurler Sep 14

Russian Motor Spontaneously Explodes in Orbit, Creating Debris Cloud

In space for nearly 15 years, the discarded object was like a "time bomb."

Space & Spaceflight Passant Rabie May 4

Updates From Thor: Love & Thunder, Batwoman, and More

David Cronenberg is looking to make three new projects for film and TV. Emma Paetz teases a wild time for Martha Wayne in Pennyworth season two. Plus, get a look at Snowpiercer’s return, and Javicia Leslie’s debut in the new season of Batwoman. To me, my spoilers! Untitled David Cronenberg Projects In a recent interview…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Dec 21

Another Star Trek: TNG Star Has Hopes to Appear in Picard

Orange Is the New Black’s Julie Lake and Liz Storm are taking on mermaid violence for a new show. Get a look at Lucifer’s noir-tinged episode. Plus, a glimpse at Shudder’s latest exorcist horror, what’s to come on Stargirl, and a look at NBC’s sci-fi pilot Debris. Spoilers now! Untitled Horror Movie Filming has wrapped…

io9 James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Jul 1

Anthony Mackie Teases the Scope of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

Zach Galligan has high hopes for the future of Gremlins. Bill and Ted are facing both the music and another delay. Get a brief glimpse at the nightmares to come in Candyman. Plus, what to expect when Fort Salem returns (someday), and NBC sets its sights on new X-Filesian drama Debris. To me, my spoilers!…

io9 James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Jun 30

The Cassian Andor Star Wars Show Will Start Filming This Year

New The Suicide Squad set pictures reveal a fresh look (and matching weapon) for Harley Quinn. James Marsden says he’s always up for a return to the X-Men. Watch Jim Carrey go buck wild in a new Sonic featurette. Plus, what’s to come on The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, and somehow, we’re still getting…

Television James Whitbrook Feb 12

The 10 Coolest, Silliest, and Most Borderline Insulting TV Pilots of 2020

Television shows come and go, and now a fresh crop of potential fall shows are upon us. We’ve got some promising new series, a backdoor pilot hitching off the end of a popular show, and of course a few along the lines of “what if [insert science fiction thing] had more cops?” Here are the…

Television Beth Elderkin Jan 28

Wild Star Wars Rumors About a Familiar Face Who Could Appear in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Show

Eternals set pictures give us a glimpse of Sersi and the Black Knight. Picard will indeed return for a second season, as will The Witcher. Lex Luthor hatches a sinister plan in new Crisis on Infinite Earths teasers. Plus, could Morbius have an interesting MCU link, and Warwick Davis plays down the return of Willow.…

Television James Whitbrook Jan 13

Can Gecko Feet Help Us Clean Up Space Junk?

There’s a crapload of debris orbiting our planet and potentially posing a hazard to our astronauts and our satellites. One estimate says there are 21,000 pieces of space junk larger than 10 centimeters, that could collide with other objects at velocities ten times faster than a bullet. How do we get it down? You can’t…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jun 29

[Correction] Huge Piece of SpaceX Debris Washed Up in UK

A piece of the disposable fairing from a SpaceX launched washed up on the UK coast. While original reports identified it as part of the SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket that exploded catastrophically shortly after liftoff in June, closer investigation reveals it’s part of a successful cargo run from September 2014. The original version of this…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe Nov 27

This Is What Space Debris Can Do To Kevlar Shielding

The hole that you are looking at is the “exit wound” from an aluminum bullet — 0.3 inches in diameter — fired at Kevlar-Nextel fabric that shields the European Space Agency’s ATV freighter, which ferries supplies to the International Space Station. The test, which simulated the upper end of the size of debris that the…

io9 Mark Strauss Jun 25

Car-Sized Hunk From Satellite Launch Found in the Amazon

A Brazilian fisherman floating down the Uriandeua river in northern Brazil bumped into perhaps the last thing you’d expect to find in the Amazon: a huge chunk of metal that the UK Space Agency says came from the launch of Europe’s largest telecom satellite last year. How in the hell did it get there? As…

Space & Spaceflight Bob Sorokanich Apr 30

Europe’s New Satellite Narrowly Avoided A Collision with Space Junk

Just 34 hours after the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1A spacecraft separated from its carrier rocket, it nearly smashed into a dead NASA satellite. Costing $380 million, the Sentinel-1A is the first of a fleet of satellites that Europe is sending into space for its multibillion-dollar Copernicus project, which the ESA describes as “a new era…

io9 Mark Strauss Apr 10

Is This Mysterious Space-Splosion Creating Gravity in Real Life?

OK, by this point we all know Gravity was beautiful and terrifying and, mercifully, complete fiction. But scary clouds of space debris are real. There’s one floating up there right now—a possible missile explosion—and it’s a debris cloud of mystery. The mystery started about six hours ago, when Luca Parmitano, an astronaut currently on the…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer Oct 11

debris

Space Junk Just Fell on Your Home, Now What?

See How Hurricane Idalia Pummeled the Florida Coast and Beyond

A Space Junk Removal Mission Got Struck By Space Junk

Steve Wozniak’s Space Company Wants to Be a ‘Ride Share’ for Satellites

Scientists Call for a Global Treaty to Address Space Junk

Space Sail Experiment Showcases Promising Technique for Quickly Disposing Space Junk

Orbital Debris Threatens Our Future in Space, so NASA Is Seeking Solutions

Russian Motor Spontaneously Explodes in Orbit, Creating Debris Cloud

Updates From Thor: Love & Thunder, Batwoman, and More

Another Star Trek: TNG Star Has Hopes to Appear in Picard

Anthony Mackie Teases the Scope of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

The Cassian Andor Star Wars Show Will Start Filming This Year

The 10 Coolest, Silliest, and Most Borderline Insulting TV Pilots of 2020

Wild Star Wars Rumors About a Familiar Face Who Could Appear in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Show

Can Gecko Feet Help Us Clean Up Space Junk?

[Correction] Huge Piece of SpaceX Debris Washed Up in UK

This Is What Space Debris Can Do To Kevlar Shielding

Car-Sized Hunk From Satellite Launch Found in the Amazon

Europe’s New Satellite Narrowly Avoided A Collision with Space Junk

Is This Mysterious Space-Splosion Creating Gravity in Real Life?

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